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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1903 contents: Anguilla, Argentina, Asia non, Bhutan, Brazil, China, Cuba, East Turkistan, Egypt, Ethiopia,, Germany, Goa, Greece, India, Japan, Kashmir, Korea North, Kuwait, North America, Perú, Philippines, Tibet non, UK, USA, Zanzibar; and the propagation outlook SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1903, November 8-15, 2017 Tue 2130 WRMI 9455 [confirmed]; 15770 [off the air, post-Irma] Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 [confirmed] 9455 Wed 1415 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v [confirmed] Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [almost confirmed] Thu 2230 WRMI 5850 [confirmed] Fri 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [almost confirmed] Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [almost confirmed] Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1531 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [confirmed in UK] Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM [carrier heard] Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Sat 2300 WRMI 11580 [confirmed] Sun 0200 WRMI 11580 [confirmed, barely audible] Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM [confirmed from 0421] Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v-AM Area 51 Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 Tue 2030 WRMI 9455 11580 7780 Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS: Tnx to Dr Harald Gabler and the Rhein-Main Radio Club. http://www.rmrc.de/index.php/rmrc-audio-plattform/podcast/glenn-hauser-wor ALTERNATIVE PODCASTS, tnx Stephen Cooper: http://shortwave.am/wor.xml ANOTHER PODCAST ALTERNATIVE, tnx to Keith Weston: http://feeds.feedburner.com/GlennHausersWorldOfRadio NOW tnx to Keith Weston, also Podcasts via iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/glenn-hausers-world-of-radio/id1123369861 AND via Google Play Music: http://bit.ly/worldofradio OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS: Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated, inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser NOTE: I have *resolved* to make DXLD leaner, more selective, as I seriously need to reduce my workload, much of which has been merely editing gobs of material into presentable form. This makes it even more important to be a member of the DXLD yg for additional material which may not make it into weekly issues (gh) DXLD YAHOOGROUP: Why wait for DXLD? A lot more info, not all of it appearing in DXLD later, is posted at our yg without delay. When applying, please identify yourself with your real name and location, and say something about why you want to join. Those who do not, unless I recognize them, will be prompted once to do so and no action will be taken otherwise. Here`s where to sign up: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxld/ ** ALASKA. 6155, Nov 6 at 1358, solo hymn by OM in English, ``Every hour I need thee``, S5-S8; 1358 Chinese announcement; 1400 KNLS IS, 1401 Chinese ID for another hour. Well atop CCCCCCI but its timesignal clearly audible at 1400. It may be difficult to find a SW frequency not occupied by China, but not *that* hard, as KNLS keeps self- defeatingly popping up on them: HFCC shows 6155 CNR Beijing site at 1000-1605, and KNLS at 1300-1600, last hour in Russian. E.g., KNLS could be on 6150 or 6160 and confront nothing but low-power Germans during that trihour. They should pay me as a frequency manager? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALBANIA [non]. ALBANIA/GERMANY: With the introduction of new B17 schedule the Italian programme of Radio Tirana is no more available via the Kall Krekel transmitter site in Germany. According to Christian Milling of Shortwaveservice.com this decision was due to lack of free capacities in their Broadcasting schedule. Unlike the Italian, programmes in English and German of Radio Tirana are still relayed from Kall Krekel as follows: English: 1330-1400, Monday to Saturday, on 6005 kHz, German: 2030-2100, Monday to Saturday, on 3985 kHz (Antonello Napolitano, Italy, Oct DX Fanzine via DXLD) ** ALGERIA [non]. 5905, Nov 4 at 2246, poor signal says ``Salaam Aleikum`` at tune-in, so probably Arabic. Now scheduled at 20-23 is the TDA relay via FRANCE. 6105, Nov 6 at 0640, TDA in Arabic but humbuzz on transmitter in FRANCE; also ACI from 6100 Cuba still on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: ``COLLISION Telediffusion d'Algerie via Issoudun France vs Radio Taiwan International via Al Dhabayya UAE 1900-2000 7315 ISS 500 kW 200 deg to NoWeAF Arabic HQ Telediffusion d'Algerie 1900-2000 7315 DHA 250 kW 315 deg to WeEUR French Radio Taiwan International (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, Oct 27)`` 7315 terrible mixture, bad fq request selection, between Babcock U.K. FMO, and TDF France FMO on HFCC B-17 conference (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGOLA [and non]. ANGOLA/INDIA, 4949.727, R Nacional from Mulenvos signal did it to southern Germany SDR at S=9+5dB night time path around 0055-0100 UT, and accompanied by little stronger AIR Srinagar [KASHMIR] in supposed Hindi language service, on upperside adjacent, when used thin bandwidth selection. 4950.023 kHz, Srinagar measured at S=9+20dB level, noted in remote Delhi SDR installation around 0103 to 0108 UT [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4949.725, Mulvenos, 25 kW ND, Rádio Nacional Angola, Nov 3 0058 - Was listening at near armchair level, when an OC suddenly came on; of course, it's India! AIR Srinagar. Had to use either LSB or clip off the frequency at 4950. No African music, just EZL western music. (Walt Salmaniw, PEI DX-pedition, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4949.74, R. Nacional de Angola, 0333-0406, Nov 3. Nicely above threshold level audio, but again with QRN (static); pop songs; several IDs. My audio at http://goo.gl/gPp8mZ (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Rádio Nacional de Angola, 4950 kHz: P/D word file letter in 1 day after F/Up. V/S: Josefa Magalhaes Kanzuela, Gabinete de Cooperação Internacional em Luanda. Total time: 23 months. E-mail: josela.mami@hotmail.com - Thanks to Christian Ghibaudo for providing me with this E-mail address. The report was also sent to: canalrna@gmail.com; rnacanalinternacional@gmail.com; canalrna@hotmail.com; rna@rna.ao but the reply came from josela.mami@hotmail.com (Antonello Napolitano, Taranto, ITALY, Oct DX Fanzine via DXLD) Viz.: Rádio Nacional de Angola, 4950 kHz: P/D word file letter in 4 days. E- mail address: josela.mami@hotmail.com V/S: Josefa Kanzuela (Christian Ghibaudo, Nice-FRANCE, ibid.) ** ANGUILLA. 6090, Oct 31 at 2343, whee! DGS is back from The Valley, with VG S9+30 signal and modulation. Had been off for weeks since hurricane, except for a very brief reactivation a few days later when it seemed to be OK then. At 0154 Nov 1 check, // 5935 WWCR and synchronized, taking the same satellite feed from LA. Day frequency 11775 may be back too. It was reported that the antenna needed repairing, while the MW 1610 tower was completely down, and still unheard there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6090, Caribbean Beacon, The Valley. NOV 1 0230 - They're back -- 73, (Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55, WinRadio G33DDC, RFSpace NetSDR locked to Thunderbolt GPS 10 MHz reference, ALA100LN 4'x26' loop, http://www.swldx.us --- dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11775.0025 exact fq measured at 1340 UT on Nov 1st, daytime schedule 10-22 UT daily. S=9 signal monitored in remote SDR server at MI-US. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 1) (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) 11775, Nov 1 at 1626, Caribbean Beacon is reactivated on day frequency with DGS, as expected from yesterday`s resumption of night frequency 6090. Will it stick this time? 11775, Nov 2 at 1551 check, Caribbean Beacon / DGS / PMS / University Network is gone again. 6090, Nov 3 at 0607, CB is gone again also from night frequency. Seems they turn it on once a month? Just to show they remain? Conspiracy theory, probably wrong: the Anguilla antenna is still broken, so they hire time on some other site to occupy the frequencies 11775 and 6090. 6090, Nov 3 at 2256, CB is still off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARGENTINA. Caro Glen[n] Hauser, A seguir um informe que recebi da escuta de uma emissora clandestina. Forte abraço. Imagem inline 1 [his own portrait] Ulysses Galletti ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: lupo radio Date: 2017-11-03 14:33 GMT-02:00 Subject: Re: INFORME DE RECEPÇÃO LUPO RADIO To: Ulysses Galletti Sr. Ulysses Galletti. Agradezco su reporte y vídeo. Transmito con 25watt, TX valvular modulado en bajo nivel (grilla pantalla), antena dipolo de media onda a 12 metros de altura. Gracias, saludo cordial, atte LUPO. adjunto qsl. [illustrated: mascot is a goofy wolf] De: Ulysses Galletti Enviado: viernes, 03 de noviembre de 2017 06:37:32 a.m. Para: luporadio@hotmail.com Asunto: INFORME DE RECEPÇÃO LUPO RADIO PARA; LUPO RÁDIO INFORME DE RECEPÇÃO: Vídeo da escuta que fiz 03/11/17 - 0123 UT - 6973.250 kHz - Lupo Radio - Argentina. https://www.facebook.com/ulysses.galletti/videos/10207788479308641/ Local da escuta: Itatiba - SP - Brasil Receptor: Rohde & Schwarz EK 896 Antena Delta Loop para 40 metros Agradeço o envio do QSL confirmando (Ulysses Galletti, RADIOAMADOR PY2 UAJ, RADIOESCUTA SWL B2-70065, WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARGENTINA [non]. 11580, Monday Nov 6 at 2100, RAE German via WRMI opens with day as Freitag. Seems these are always running a day late (or more if a weekend intervene). You`d think they could get a current day`s program to WRMI by airtimes. Checking the WRMI program and transmission schedules, I see that two of the RAE relays have shifted one UT hour later: English now 0200 on 9395; Portuguese now 1200 on 9955; also 9455? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ASIA [non]. [Re RFA only Cantonese language ``frequencies not promoted`` in public skeds, Wolfgang Büschel adds them:] Cantonese *FNP all via Tinian Island, variable change every week day. 1400-1500 13610Tu/Th 13645Su 13695Sa 13810MoWeFr (BC-DX 03 Nov via via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. The following shortwavesites poll is now closed. Here are the final results: Which Australian Shortwave Station/TXer site do you think will be the next to appear on the SW BC band? Created by: pacificfmdx 1. Station X - Wee Waa NSW on 3210 kHz https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/shortwavesites/polls/poll/5706511#29871769 0.00%(0) 2. Genisis [sic] Radio - Moore Park Beach, Qld on 3210 kHz https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/shortwavesites/polls/poll/5706511#29871770 0.00%(0) 3. Radio Australia - Shepparton (reactivation)? https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/shortwavesites/polls/poll/5706511#29871771 0.00%(0) 4. Stefano Mollo, Perth, WA - 2368.5 or 5045 kHz https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/shortwavesites/polls/poll/5706511#29871772 0.00%(0) 5. Radio Symban, Sydney, NSW - 2368.5 kHz https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/shortwavesites/polls/poll/5706511#29871749 0.00%(0) 6. OzyRadio, Picton, NSW on 5045 kHz https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/shortwavesites/polls/poll/5706511#29871750 14.29%(1) 7. OzyRadio, Alice Springs, NT on 2350 / 5050 kHz https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/shortwavesites/polls/poll/5706511#29871752 28.57%(2) 8. Unique Radio, Gunnedah , NSW - 5045 kHz https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/shortwavesites/polls/poll/5706511#29871773 0.00%(0) 9. ABC NT - Alice Springs, Tennant Creek or Katherine, NT 120/60mb https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/shortwavesites/polls/poll/5706511#29871774 14.29%(1) 10. 4KZ Innisfail, Qld - 5055 kHz https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/shortwavesites/polls/poll/5706511#29880220 (added by: pacificfmdx September 28, 2017 11:26:18 PM UTC) 42.86%(3) For more information about this group, please visit https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/shortwavesites (Ian, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. [Re 17-44:] Hi Glenn, Ozy Radio, on 5045, at 1121, Nov 1. Did hear "Waltzing Matilda" and ID. On Nov 2, at 1347, again heard "Waltzing Matilda" and ID between pop songs; 1407 news in progress; 1409 sounded like an ad or promo before starting back to pop songs; poor (Ron Howard, CA, Nov 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ozy Music Radio --- On 5045 kHz was on air for 2 weeks testing and playing all Australian music/songs. On Friday 27th October, Craig started a new series of tests with some great music all Australian! 5055 kHz, our man Al Kirton in FNQ [far north Queensland] Innisfail has a new antennae system a 105-metre tower for 531 4KZ Innisfail, and for 873 4AY, and hopefully in a month’s time you will get better reception of these two stations and 5055 kHz starts! (Johno Wright, Nov Australian DX News via DXLD) [about Ozy Radio; some fields are left blank] Assignment Details (from ACMA database) Assignment and Application Details Licence Number: 10308946/1 Freq. Assign. ID 0001969532 EFL ID 2984451 System ID 1779283 Client: Craig Allen. Site: Roe Creek HF Site Stuart Hwy 13 km SSW ALICE SPRINGS NT Station Name Station 1 Coverage Local Status Granted Device Type Transmitter Date Authorised 26/Oct/2017 Transmitter Details Emission Centre Frequency 4.835 MHz Bandwidth 6 kHz Emission Designator 6K00A3E Antenna Inverted V-I, UNKNOWN-I, UNKNOWN Antenna Height (AGL) 5 m Antenna Polarisation Linear Horizontal Antenna Azimuth Antenna Tilt Antenna Multi Mode Y Transmitter Power 5000 W pZ Feeder Loss 0 dB EIRP 5000 W Device Details: Supplemental Device N Class of Station: BC - Broadcast Station, Sound (via Craig Seager, Nov Australian DX News via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. Good signal of Reach Beyond Australia in English, Oct 30 1245-1300 on 11865 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SoAs English Daily 1315-1330 on 11865 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SoAs English Mo/We/Fr http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/good-signal-of-reach-beyond-australia.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #1039 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Nov 3, 2017 via DXLD) Reception of Reach Beyond Australia in English, Nov 6 1115-1130 on 15575 KNX 100 kW / 315 deg to SEAs English Mon-Wed/Fri 1245-1300 on 11865 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SoAs English Daily 1315-1330 on 11865 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SoAs English Mon/Wed/Fri http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/reception-of-reach-beyond-australia-in.html (SWLDXBulgaria News, November 6, dxldyg via DXLD) ** AUSTRIA. 6155, Nov 1 at 0632, Ö1 with the only SW broadcast of its own, now making it here S9+10 in nice wake-up early music, sounds like Monteverdi, but soon ends mentioning Schütz motet, and talk, talk rather than more music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BAHRAIN. 9744.991, H3E mode signal from BAH Radio Bahrain Abu Hayan, S=6 in peaks fluttery, fade-out morning S=6 signal at 0443 UT. Morning log of Nov 4, taken in southern Germany, as well as in Athens Greece and New Delhi remote SDR units [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar, Dhaka. English on 29/10 *1530- 1558*, featuring news till 1545 & Newsreel program (on Thursdays their English program is at 1530-1550, other weekdays at 1530-1545) (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi antenna 16 m long, Nov Australian DX News via DXLD) ** BHUTAN. 6035, BBS, 1207-1335+, Nov 6. Nice extended broadcast; 1207-1222 announcer; 1222-1230 indigenous music & singing; 1230+ announcer; usual brief breaks for indigenous instrumental music at 1212, 1218, 1221, 1313 and 1321; PBS Yunnan (China) already off the air here (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 5952.477, Siglo Veinte, 5 kW ND, Emisora Pio XII, Nov 2 0228 - Very good reception, culminating with the ever enjoyable sign- off with the Col Bogey March, then 3 harp (?) chords, and off. Transmitter cut shortly thereafter. Much stronger than I ever receive them on the west coast! All in Spanish, of course! (Walt Salmaniw, PEI DX-pedition, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Not of course (gh) ** BRAZIL. Caro Glenn Hauser, Agradeço se puder divulgar: Todos os sábados às 1830 horas UT, realizamos a Rodada dos Radioescutas, na frequência de 7100 kHz, em LSB. Os radioamadores interagem pela frequência e os radioescutas interagem pelo Facebook no Grupo Rodada dos Radioescutas https://www.facebook.com/groups/1153655714678249/ Estamos falando sobre "Os Pioneiros do Mundo do Rádio". Grato (Ulysses Galletti, RADIOAMADOR PY2 UAJ, RADIOESCUTA SWL B2-70065, Nov 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) An SWL net for hams (gh) ** BRAZIL. 4774.93, R Congonhas (tentative), Congonhas, MG. OCT 31 0000 - poor signal but slightly over Huanta, talk by man then brief piano just before 0007:36* s/off. 4774.93, BRAZIL, R Congonhas (t), Congonhas, MG. OCT 31 *0711 - noted 0711:27 s/on, poor signal in CODAR with threshold audio but slowly improving. Long low key religious monologue by man, vocals. Signal peaked to a poor level from 0830 despite sunrise at transmitter was 0812, female monologue from 0833 until 0840 then back the to man. -- 73, (Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55, WinRadio G33DDC, RFSpace NetSDR locked to Thunderbolt GPS 10 MHz reference, ALA100LN 4'x26' loop, http://www.swldx.us --- dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also PERU for a station 30 Hz away (gh) ** BRAZIL. 4804.96, R Difusora do Amazonas, Manaus, AM. OCT 31 *0940 - noted 0940:21 s/on with good carrier strength but very low modulation with strong CODAR. Slowing fading as Manaus sunrise was at 0937, just before s/on. This would have been a good signal with decent modulation. I also noted their previous evening s/off at 0000:54 -- 73, (Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55, WinRadio G33DDC, RFSpace NetSDR locked to Thunderbolt GPS 10 MHz reference, ALA100LN 4'x26' loop, http://www.swldx.us --- dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4845.00, R Cultura Ondas Tropicais (tentative), Manaus, AM. OCT 31 0140 - poor signal, Portuguese talks by man and woman until 0200:45* s/off. No sign of a morning broadcast. -- 73, (Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55, WinRadio G33DDC, RFSpace NetSDR locked to Thunderbolt GPS 10 MHz reference, ALA100LN 4'x26' loop, http://www.swldx.us --- dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4875.25, R Roraima, Boa Vista, RR. OCT 31 0245 - poor signal with ID by man at 0245, pop vocals, announcements. Much improved by 0330 with music continuing. Canned ID by man at 0350 followed by choral NA until 0353:51* s/off. 4875.26, R Roraima, Boa Vista, RR. OCT 31 *0822 - s/on by man in progress at *0822:07. Fair signal, echo talk by man until station abrubtly left the air at 0839:07. Back on at 0904:43 with same echo DJ. Excellent signal by 0959 with song Flor Do Campo by Victor & Leo until ToH Rádio Roraima AM ID's. Excellent signal. -- 73, (Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55, WinRadio G33DDC, RFSpace NetSDR locked to Thunderbolt GPS 10 MHz reference, ALA100LN 4'x26' loop, http://www.swldx.us --- dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4885.03, R Clube do Pará, Pará, AM. OCT 31 0859 - on all night with great signal, normal canned ID at the ToH, Bom Dia's, taps. -- 73, (Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55, WinRadio G33DDC, RFSpace NetSDR locked to Thunderbolt GPS 10 MHz reference, ALA100LN 4'x26' loop, http://www.swldx.us --- dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 9666.15, Oct 31 at 2346, R. Voz Missionária is back after missing last night, S9+5 and wayer off-frequency. I can also hear it wavering while measuring, Portuguese religion. 9666.40, Nov 3 at 2349, Portuguese poor, so Voz Missionária has varied even higher. BUT, a few hours later, Nov 4 at 0529, it`s way down to 9664.077v and can be heard varying, vs weaker het from a 9665.00 station, maybe African language, when HFCC doesn`t show anything since 0430-0500 RFI Swahili via Madagascar. 9664.066, Nov 5 at 0615, poor in Portuguese, current very variable frequency of R. Voz Missionária, and still an unID much weaker JBA carrier hetting from something else on 9665.00 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 9664.064, R. Voz Missionária, Camboriú, SC. NOV 5 0330 - huge S8 signal, talks by two men. // much weaker 5939.777 9674.918, R. Canção Nova, Cachoeira Paulista, SP. NOV 5 0401 - monologue by woman, fair signal level but muffled audio. 9725.395, R. Evangelizar, Curitiba, PR. NOV 5 0348 - talk by man, contemporary religious vocals. Good and // 6040.685 poor, 11934.922 fair. 9819.993, R. Nove de Julho, Sao Paulo, SP. NOV 5 0357 - fair carrier but poor modulation. Female announcer, music, man at ToH. 11854.936, R. Aparecida, Aparecida, SP. NOV 5 0338 - fair signal, low- key talk by man, contemporary religious song Em Santidade by Ministério Adoração e Vida. Only Aparecida transmitter on at this time. Good. -- 73, (Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55 http://www.swldx.us dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 11735. Nov 6, 2017 at 1750-1805, Rádio Transmundial, Santa Maria-RS, in Portuguese. Man announcer talks News; ID and a song; 1758 ID and TWR announcements; 1800 ID, Call-Sign and Stations Network; 1802 Pastor presents a religious program "Através da Bíblia": Today, about Deuteronomy, Chapters 32 and 33. TWR Brazil has s fair signal and modulation, 35433. Note: Unfortunately I can´t hear Zanzibar BC at this time, in my location! 15190. Nov 6, 2017 at 2015-2025, Radio Inconfidência, Contagem-MG, in Portuguese. A song; Man talks, ID and Minas Gerais weather; Program "A Hora do Fazendeiro": News, reports and regional songs, presented by Tina Gonçalves. Station with a fair transmission, 35433 (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier, Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil (UTC-3), RX (s): Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: Longwire, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** CAMBODIA [non]. 12150, Voice of Khmer M'Chas Srok, Dushanbe. S/on 1130 in Khmer to SEAs. NF (ex 17860), very good signal but with slight co-channel QRM from a much weaker Sound of Hope-Taipei slightly off- freq at 12150.15 kHz (creating a het with Srok). The broadcast is Thurs and Sun only. 2/11 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Kenwood R5000, Tecsun PL-680, Horizontal Loop antenna, Double Bazooka antennas for 80, 40 and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), Nov Australian DX News via DXLD) ** CANADA. NDBs: see OKLAHOMA [and non] ** CANADA. 580, AB, Edmonton, CHAH(cp). Owner of the former CKUA-AM transmitter site refused to sign a long-term lease because of future residential development of the land. The area was recently annexed by the Town of Beaumont. CHAH has been approved by the CRTC and signed a long-term lease with the CBC to share CBX-740’s transmitter site. Power is still 10,000 watts and Day Pattern is essentially the same, but Night Pattern is unknown as it was not included in the approved Application. Since there is no longer a need to protect Salmon Arm and Winnipeg – both 580s moved to FM – Night Pattern could change dramatically. 740, AB, Edmonton, CBX. Can be expected to be off the air, or running non-directional at lower power, for several hours at a time between now and when CHAH-580 begins its Test Period, to prepare the CBX transmitter to co-host CHAH. In the past, to avoid Union Overtime costs, CBX has scheduled off-air preventative transmitter maintenance for mid-afternoons on weekdays, but the CBC may insist on overnight periods for outages when CHAH is paying the costs. CHAH has until January 6 2019, to start broadcasting (Jon Pearkins, IRCA DX Monitor Nov 11, published Nov 7, via DXLD) ** CANADA. CBC did indeed shorten its radio newscasts --- Where in the past, the Radio One newscasts were 10 minutes long during afternoon drive periods, they have now been cut in half to 5. I guess we'll see what they do with the morning casts. Time for me to write the Minister of Canadian Heritage. We need more news, not less! (Andy Reid, Ont., Nov 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 6030.00, Nov 5 at 1407, S3 signal seems English as if a stand-up routine, but can`t be sure, S3 and no jamming; a bit later it`s peaking at S7 along with a trace of jamming, but still unreadable and not positively comedic. Could also be AIR Delhi scheduled until 1430. Then there is a sesquihour break before Romania comes on 6030. Probably our best chance to hear CFVP in winter before 49m delves into midday absorption (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHILE. 5825. R. TRIUNFAL EVANGELICA. Noviembre 1. 2340-2348 UT. Espacio de música coral pentecostal hasta las 2345, luego devocional. SINPO: 45343, luego de las 2345 es tapada por el ruido. 5825. R. TRIUNFAL EVANGELICA. Noviembre 3. 2324-2359 UT. Espacios de música y saludos intercalados. Desde las 2357 en adelante despedida de la emisora hasta las 2359. SINPO: 45444 (Claudio Galaz; RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Dipolo; QTH: Ovalle, IV región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** CHINA. 11800, CNR 8 – Beijing, 0028, 10/31/17, in Mongolian. Program of folk music with male announcer. Very interesting piece by a male announcer accompanied by what sounded like a single string instrument. Fair. There were 19 CNR and CRI outlets audible here as well as a few other Asian outlets on 25 meters between 0000-0100 tonight. Quite unusual for this many at this time (Mark Taylor, Madison, Wisconsin. Equipment: Perseus, SDRPlay; Eton E1, Grundig Satellit 800, Tecsun PL 880, and various other portables; 42 meters dipole, 100’ long wire, W6LVP loop, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** CHINA. 5945, CNR1 at 2212 in Mandarin with a man and woman with excited talk – Fair Nov 6 – This is the legitimate broadcast that Chinese authorities use to jam western broadcasters (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) Do you mean it is doing so at this time and frequency? (gh) ** CHINA. 7300 - Chinese jammer “Firedrake” heard with cymbals clashing et al. at 2015 GMT, but what is it blocking? Nothing else listed on frequency now but RTI uses it at other times of the day. SINPO - 35333. I guess the winter DX season is here; pretty good propagation for mid-afternoon ECNA even considering the transmitter power likely being used (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, Nov 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Against RFA Mandarin via IBB Tinian island? 7300 2000-2100 43,44 TIN 250 309 -24 226 291017-240318 Chinese USA IBB (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Would seem so then, Wolfie; No sign of them here underneath (Figliozzi, ibid.) 7300, FIREDRAKE at 2000 jamming RFA in Mandarin via the Northern Marianas with the usual cacaphony of string, percussion, and woodwind instrumentals – Fair Nov 6 9455, FIREDRAKE at 1932 jamming RFA in Mandarin via the Northern Marianas with the usual cacaphony of string, percussion, and woodwind instrumentals – Weak Nov 6 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) Firedrake Jamming Against RFA --- Noted this afternoon around 2030 UT here in NB, Firedrake jamming against Radio Free Asia on 7300, 7475, 9455, and 9590 kHz (plus hum/buzz on this frequency). Couldn't hear RFA underneath on any of these frequencies. RFA also scheduled to be on 5890 at this time. Neither it nor Firedrake heard. (-- Richard Langley, NB, Nov 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. EAST JAMMERSTAN: 9745, Crash & Bang Music Jammer; 2058- 2100:04*, 10/27; No vox heard till just at plugpull, then it disappeared. V o Free Asia [sic] in Chinese via Kuwait listed. 9860, Crash & Bang Music Jammer; 1944, 11/2; HFCC B17 shows IBB in Cmn via Saipan (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Mainland/TINIAN-MARIANAS, 7475 kHz, RFA Chinese from IBB BBG Tinian island in Marianas. But totally covered here in Europe by both Firedrake Chinese music orchestra jamming plus partly also spoken Chinese relay. S=9+10dB at 1902 UT. 20 kHz widespan China mainland jamming [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 1, dxldyg via DXLD)) ** CHINA. 9200, Nov 5 at 1330, CNR1 in Chinese opera during Sunday- night serious music show, // 6125, but 9200 is to jam totally unheard Sound of Hope as in A-17 Aoki with 1? kW transmitter. A much weaker carrier on 9100, now listed as Koreas` Echo of Hope rather than SOH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 11895. Nov 2, 2017 at 0204-0214, China National Radio 1, in Chinese. Woman and man announcers talks and talks without interval. Station is a jammer interference, blocking RFA Tibetan transmission at this time (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103, Longwire, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** CHINA [non]. 15700, Nov 2 at 1400, S9+20 CRI English via CUBA is already (under)modulating! Unlike long delay yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See CUBA ** CHINA. I do not listen much to CRI, but today I tuned into their English program "Roundtable" at 2130 UT November 1st on several frequencies. It appears (and I may have missed this) that they are now called Newsplus Radio, at least for their English service. CRI English website also indicates such calling itself Chinaplus. How long has this been in effect? 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) China reception 0000 UT: Reception of China much better than normal now I am hearing their English broadcast from Kashi on 6075, 6180, 7350 & 7425 and from Xian on 11790 & 11885 and from Beijing on 15125. Also heard from Cërrik, Albania on 6020 & 9570. 6180, 7350, 11790 & 11885 all coming in with an easy to listen to signal (Peter W Hansen, South Florida, UT Nov 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. Radiocuba reported (16 September) that amongst the damage to infrastructure caused by Hurricane Irma on the island, 13 medium wave towers had been felled, but work was already underway to repair these. http://www.radioprogreso.icrt.cu/8589-2/ A month later (12 October) a report in La Demajagua online with photos showed the tower at Tagarro, west of Camagüey, being rebuilt, already to a height of 69 metres, with just 7 sections remaining to reach its operating height of 120 metres. This tower was used by Radio Cadena Agramonte 910 kHz and Radio Rebelde (710 kHz?), both 25 kW according to the report. http://lademajagua.cu/avanza-brigadabrigada-granmense-en-montaje-de-torre-radiodifusora-fotos/ (Nov BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** CUBA. 11635, HM01 SS 5d #s plus Digi-Data. Modulation ended at 2146, carrier remained on until 2155, 4+4544, 2141-2155* 29/Oct, SPR-4 + ANC-4 + rwire -- Zichi MI 11880, RHC carrier on as tuned in, end of English hour show, with a Cuban YL vocal song & 'sign off' by Ed Newman then music. This came on starting at 2157. Then music & IS to ToH into French which is what this is supposed to be. Might this be a retune from 11635? It would be curious to watch the timing with 2 receivers, as the signal quality is PRETTY darn close! ;) 4+4544, 2156-2204 29/Oct, SPR-4 + ANC-4 + rw [random wire] (Ken Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet 3 Nov via DXLD) ** CUBA. 6840 at 2243z --- Glenn, I have a signal on 6840 - it could be the RHC mixing product (Chris Smolinski, MD, Black Cat Systems, http://www.blackcatsystems.com Nov 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, Another possible RHC mixing product / spur, 6140 at 1102. The audio sounds parallel to 6000, 6060 and 6100. I checked my SDR recording, and it appeared exactly when 6060 signed on (Chris Smolinski, MD, Black Cat Systems http://www.blackcatsystems.com Nov 2, ibid.) Which means 6060 and 6100 must be at same transmitter site during this emission. Never noticed 6140 myself, morning nor evening (gh, DXLD) ** CUBA. 15700, Nov 1 at 1401, S9+30 of dead air: must be CRI English relay back up here for B-season, nothing any more on 13740 for A-17. Ho hum, the Cubans keep getting this up late. Finally at 1403:57 brings up undermodulation of CRI in progress. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. No excuse since they did manage to get the carrier going by 1401 if not 1400. Presumably transmitter makes a quick change from 9570 until 1400. CRI builds in a disposable Chinese language lesson during last 5 minutes of each hour, during which transmitter - frequency - antenna changes should be accomplished, so next broadcasts can start on time at hourtops (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CHINA ** CUBA. 11760, Sunday Nov 5 at 1430, RHC with 9:30 timecheck and news; confirming that as a Running Dog of Yanqui Imperialism, Cuba has also reset its clox ``en todo el territorio nacional`` to match the Miami Mafia, ex UT-4. Also means `En Contacto` starts an hour later now at 1435:30, introduced by our friend and announcer, Marta Ríos, then right over to scriptwriter Arnaldo Coro Antich on the lower-fi phoneline from home. Arnie and RHC may not be making any delayed B-17 frequency changes for another week? But Spanish programming content shifts one UT hour later already, and *some* other languages also make usual shifts earlier or later, to be determined, starting with English expected at 20-21, ex- 19-20 on 15140. 15140, Nov 5 at 1916, RHC in its extremely gutteral Arabic, instead of English; and English hour also confirmed at 2003 shifted one UT hour later to 20-21 with Cuba`s return to standard time in step with USA. Some other but not all RHC transmissions will have shifted too (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5040, Nov 6 at 0644, RHC English is still on during final hour; perhaps because of un-DSTing, formerly closing this at 0600 while the other three on 49m continued. During plug for essay contest on World of Stamps, wherein one`s pro-Revolutionary credentials must always be evident. 15562 approx., Nov 6 at 1406, horribly distorted spurblob; at first suspected out of 15700 CRI relay, but no match; then obviously matching modulation to RHC Spanish on clear fundamental 15370, and further blobs circa 63 kHz multiples above and below, weaker at the outskirts: above: 15434, 15491, 15624, 15686; below: 15307, 15244, 15181, 15118, 15055. Frequencies cannot be pinned down exactly as several kHz wide with no center carrier. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11880, Nov 6 at 2232 check, RHC is off! Maybe a new frequency? Quickly scanned 6-18 MHz SWBC bands and nothing, but regular Spanish frequencies propagating. (Could also be on a spy-numbers frequency by mistake, not sought.) Had been French this hour, and English at 23 during A-17, and during previous B-seasons, 11880 moved *earlier* an hour to 21-22 instead of later. Not this time, at least today. At 2301, now 11880 is on and in French, so moved an hour later. Is it // 5040? At first seemed so during music, but at 2319, 5040 definitely in Spanish. How about English? At 0019 UT Nov 7, now both 11880 and 5040 are indeed in English. So both have moved an hour later, and remain // rather than two hours apart. In these early days of transition, RHC could be all mixed up so we`ll see if this pattern stick. 11840, Nov 6 at 2320, RHC Spanish is off, altho it was on before 23. By 0020 Nov 7, 11840 is back on and now // mainstream 11760, 11670 et al. 11950 // 6000, Nov 7 at 0020, separate hour of TV simulcast, `Mesa Redonda` has now shifted an hour later, discussing Lenin (not Lenín) as if they really take him seriously! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6100, Nov 7 at 0737, RHC is still on here, in English! Undermodulated. Also on 6060; and 6000 is still on too, but in Spanish, distorted. We are in a transition period between the real beginning of B-17 on Oct 29, the un-DST changes Nov 5 --- and the RHC schedule changes officially from Nov 12, per a schedule received by Wolfgang Büschel. Indeed it shows intentional retiming of English block from 01-07 to 02-08, and it`s already started. On 6000 and reactivated 6165 thruout; adding 5040 at 06-07; and adding 6060, 6100 at 06-08. So no more English at 01-02. As I`ve already logged, the 23-24 English has already shifted to 00-01 on 11880, but that will move to 9720. It`s supposedly to Africa (well after midnight over there), at 130 degrees, // 5040 ND. Some other changes affect Spanish, such as new 11650 at 13-15, 11950 at 12-15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Arnie Coro has sent RHC's B17 schedule which takes effect on Sunday [Nov 12]. There are some changes to the English schedule with most broadcasts moving one hour later. Radio Havana Cuba English schedule from 12 November: 2000-2100 Am 15140 0000-0100 AmAf 5040 9720 0200-0600 Am 6000 6165 0600-0700 Am 5040 6000 6060 6100 6165 0700-0800 Am 6000 6060 6100 6165 (Some of these frequencies should also be audible in Europe) (Dave Kenny, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) FULL B-17 SCHEDULE OF R. HABANA CUBA 1200-1400 11670 BAU 100 / 340 WNAm Spanish 1200-1400 13670 BEJ 50 / 135 SoAm Spanish 1200-1400 17580 BAU 100 / 160 SoAm Spanish 1200-1400 17730 BAU 100 / 130 SoAm Spanish 1200-1500 11950 BAU 100 / 010 ENAm Spanish 1200-1500 11840 QVC 250 / 305 WNAm Spanish 1200-1600 9535 BEJ 100 / 230 CeAm Spanish 1200-1600 11760 BAU 100 / n-d NCAm Spanish 1300-1500 11650 BEJ 50 / 110 Antl Spanish 1300-1600 15230 QVC 250 / 160 SoAm Spanish 1400-1500 17580 BAU 100 / 160 SoAm Spanish 1400-1500 17730 BAU 100 / 130 SoAm Spanish 1400-1600 15370 BAU 100 / 315 WNAm Spanish 1500-1600 17730 BAU 100 / 130 SoAm Spanish 1600-1630 11760 BAU 100 / n-d NCAm Esperanto Sun 1600-1900 11760 BAU 100 / n-d NCAm Spanish Mon-Sat 1900-1930 15140 BAU 100 / 340 WNAm Arabic 1930-2000 15140 BAU 100 / 340 WNAm Creole 2000-2100 15140 BAU 100 / 340 WNAm English 2030-2100 15370 BAU 100 / 010 WeEu French 2100-2130 15140 BAU 100 / 340 WNAm French 2100-2130 15370 BAU 100 / 010 WeEu Portuguese 2130-2200 15370 BAU 100 / 010 WeEu Arabic 2200-0300 11760 BAU 100 / n-d NCAm Spanish 2200-0500 13740 BAU 100 / 160 SoAm Spanish 2200-0600 9535 BEJ 100 / 230 CeAm Spanish 2200-2300 15230 QVC 250 / 160 SoAm Portuguese 2200-2400 5040 BAU 100 / n-d Cuba Spanish 83 and 263 degrees CT2/1/0.8 2200-2400 9640 BEJ 50 / 110 Antill Spanish 2200-2400 15370 BAU 100 / 010 WeEu Spanish 2300-0600 11840 QVC 250 / 170 Chle Spanish 2300-0600 15230 QVC 250 / 160 SoAm Spanish 2300-2330 9720 BAU 100 / 130 Af French 2330-2400 9720 BAU 100 / 130 Af Portuguese 2330-2400 15730 BEJ 50 / 135 SoAm Esperanto Sun only 2330-2400 15730 BEJ 50 / 135 SoAm French Mon-Sat 0000-0030 15730 BEJ 50 / 135 SoAm Creole 0000-0100 5040 BAU 100 / n-d Cuba English 0000-0100 6000 QVC 250 / 010 ENAm Spanish 0000-0100 9720 BAU 100 / 130 Af English 0000-0100 11950 BAU 100 / 340 WNAm Spanish (RHC9 Mesa Redonda?) Lunes a Jueves [UT Tue-Fri?] 0000-0500 9640 BEJ 50 / 110 Antl Spanish 0000-0500 11670 BAU 100 / 130 SoAm Spanish 0030-0100 15730 BEJ 50 / 135 SoAm Portuguese 0100-0130 5040 BAU 100 / n-d Cuba Creole 0100-0130 15730 BEJ 50 / 135 SoAm Quechua 0100-0600 6060 BAU 100 / 010 ENAm Spanish 0130-0200 5040 BAU 100 / n-d Cuba Esperanto Sun only irregular? [sic] [NOTE: Esp`o at this time conflicits with all the other versions - gh] 0130-0200 5040 BAU 100 / n-d Cuba French Mon-Sat 0200-0600 5040 BAU 100 / n-d Cuba Spanish 0200-0600 6000 QVC 250 / 010 ENAm English 0200-0800 6165 BAU 100 / 340 WNAm English 0600-0700 5040 BAU 100 / n-d Cuba English ? irregular - many years! 0600-0800 6000 QVC 250 / 010 ENAm English 0600-0800 6060 BAU 100 / 010 ENAm English 0600-0800 6100 BAU 100 / 310 WNAm English 0800-0830 6100 BAU 100 / 310 WNAm Esperanto Sun only Transmitter sites: BAU = Bauta BEJ = Bejucal QVC = Titan-Quivican San Felipe. Shortwave schedule of Radio Rebelde 0000-2400 5025 BAU 050 / non-dir to CE&SoAm Spanish Shortwave schedule of Radio Progreso 0130-0500 4765 BEJ 050 / non-dir to Cuba / Caribbean Spanish (transformed according to B-17 xlsx schedule by wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 6; thanks to Arnie Coro-CUB - CO2KK - RHC B-17 file Nov 12, via DXLD) B-17 frequency and time changes of Radio Habana Cuba from Nov 12: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/b-17-frequency-and-time-changes-of.html (SWLDXBulgaria News, November 7, dxldyg via DXLD) B-17 frequency and time changes of Radio Habana Cuba from Nov 12 1200-1400 NF 11670 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg to WNAm Spanish, ex 9850 B-16 1200-1400 NF 13670 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg to SoAm Spanish, addit.in B-17 1200-1600 NF 9535 BEJ 100 kW / 230 deg to CeAm Spanish, ex 9820 B-16 1200-1500 NF 11950 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to ENAm Spanish, ex 9710 B-16 1300-1500 NF 11650 BEJ 050 kW / 110 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 9640 1200-1600 B-16 1300-1600 NF 15230 QVC 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 17750 1200-1600 B-16 1400-1500 NF 11840 QVC 250 kW / 305 deg to WNAm Spanish, ex 9550 B-16 2030-2100 on 15370 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to WeEu French, ex same 1930-2000 B-16 2100-2130 on 15370 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to WeEu Portuguese, ex same 2000-2030 B-16 2130-2200 on 15370 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to WeEu Arabic, ex same 2030-2100 B-16 2200-2300 on 15230 QVC 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Portuguese, ex same 2300-2400 B-16 2300-0600 on 11840 QVC 250 kW / 170 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex same 2200-0600 B-16 2200-0500 NF 9640 BEJ 050 kW / 110 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 6075 2200-0600 B-16 2300-2330 NF 9720 BAU 100 kW / 100 deg to SoAf French, ex 11880 2100-2130 B-16 2330-2400 NF 9720 BAU 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAf Portuguese, ex 11880 2130-2200 B-16 0000-0100 NF 9720 BAU 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAf English, ex 11880 2200-2300 B-16 2330-2400 NF 15730 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg to SoAm French Mon-Sat,x 17730 2230-2300 B-16 2330-2400 NF 15730 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg to SoAm Esperanto Sun, x 17730 2230-2300 B-16 0000-0030 NF 15730 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg to SoAm Creole Daily, x 17730 2300-2330 B-16 0030-0100 NF 15730 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg to SoAm Portuguese Dly,x 17730 2330-2400 B-16 0100-0130 NF 15730 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg to SoAm Quechua Daily, x 17730 0000-0030 B-16 0100-0600 on 6060 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to ENAm Spanish, ex same 0000-0500 B-16 0200-0600 on 5040 BAU 100 kW / 083&263 to Cuba Spanish, ex same 0200-0500 B-16 0200-0800 on 6000 QVC 250 kW / 010 deg to ENAm English, ex same 0100-0700 B-16 0200-0800 on 6165 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg to WNAm English, ex same 0100-0700 B-16 0600-0700 on 5040 BAU 100 kW / 083&263 to Cuba English, ex same 0500-0600 B-16 0600-0800 on 6060 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to ENAm English, ex same 0500-0700 B-16 0600-0800 on 6100 BAU 100 kW / 310 deg to WNAm English, ex same 0500-0700 B-16 0800-0830 on 6100 BAU 100 kW / 310 deg to WNAm Esperanto Su,x same 07-0730 B-16 Full updated winter B-17 shortwave schedule of Radio Habana Cuba may be found here http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/radio-habana-cubaradio-rebelderadio.html (??????????? ?? Observer ? 1:34 via DXLD) Radio Habana Cuba/Radio Rebelde/Radio Progreso/HM01 Winter B-17 shortwave schedule of Radio Habana Cuba from Nov 12: 1200-1300 on 9535 BEJ 100 kW / 230 deg to CeAm Spanish 1200-1300 on 11670 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg to WNAm Spanish 1200-1300 on 11760 BAU 100 kW / non-dir to NCAm Spanish 1200-1300 on 11840 QVC 250 kW / 305 deg to WNAm Spanish 1200-1300 on 11950 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to ENAm Spanish 1200-1300 on 13670 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg to SoAm Spanish 1200-1300 on 17580 BAU 100 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish 1200-1300 on 17730 BAU 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish 1300-1400 on 9535 BEJ 100 kW / 230 deg to CeAm Spanish 1300-1400 on 11650 BEJ 050 kW / 110 deg to SoAm Spanish 1300-1400 on 11670 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg to WNAm Spanish 1300-1400 on 11760 BAU 100 kW / non-dir to NCAm Spanish 1300-1400 on 11840 QVC 250 kW / 305 deg to WNAm Spanish 1300-1400 on 11950 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to ENAm Spanish 1300-1400 on 13670 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg to SoAm Spanish 1300-1400 on 15230 QVC 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish 1300-1400 on 17580 BAU 100 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish 1300-1400 on 17730 BAU 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish 1400-1500 on 9535 BEJ 100 kW / 230 deg to CeAm Spanish 1400-1500 on 11650 BEJ 050 kW / 110 deg to SoAm Spanish 1400-1500 on 11760 BAU 100 kW / non-dir to NCAm Spanish 1400-1500 on 11840 QVC 250 kW / 305 deg to WNAm Spanish 1400-1500 on 11950 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to ENAm Spanish 1400-1500 on 15230 QVC 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish 1400-1500 on 15370 BAU 100 kW / 315 deg to WNAm Spanish 1400-1500 on 17580 BAU 100 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish 1400-1500 on 17730 BAU 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish 1500-1600 on 9535 BEJ 100 kW / 230 deg to CeAm Spanish 1500-1600 on 11760 BAU 100 kW / non-dir to NCAm Spanish 1500-1600 on 15230 QVC 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish 1500-1600 on 15370 BAU 100 kW / 315 deg to WNAm Spanish 1500-1600 on 17730 BAU 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish 1600-1630 on 11760 BAU 100 kW / non-dir to NCAm Spanish Mon-Sat 1600-1630 on 11760 BAU 100 kW / non-dir to NCAm Esperanto Sun 1630-1900 on 11760 BAU 100 kW / non-dir to NCAm Spanish 1900-1930 on 15140 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg to WNAm Arabic 1930-2000 on 15140 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg to WNAm Creole 2000-2100 on 15140 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg to WNAm English 2100-2130 on 15140 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg to WNAm French 2030-2100 on 15370 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to WeEu French 2100-2130 on 15370 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to WeEu Portuguese 2130-2200 on 15370 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to WeEu Arabic 2200-2300 on 5040 BAU 100 kW / 083&263 to Cuba Spanish 2200-2300 on 9640 BEJ 050 kW / 110 deg to SoAm Spanish 2200-2300 on 9535 BEJ 100 kW / 230 deg to CeAm Spanish 2200-2300 on 11760 BAU 100 kW / non-dir to NCAm Spanish 2200-2300 on 13740 BAU 100 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish 2200-2300 on 15230 QVC 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Portuguese 2200-2300 on 15370 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to WeEu Spanish 2300-2330 on 9720 BAU 100 kW / 100 deg to SoAf French 2300-2400 on 5040 BAU 100 kW / 083&263 to Cuba Spanish 2300-2400 on 9640 BEJ 050 kW / 110 deg to SoAm Spanish 2300-2400 on 9535 BEJ 100 kW / 230 deg to CeAm Spanish 2300-2400 on 11760 BAU 100 kW / non-dir to NCAm Spanish 2300-2400 on 11840 QVC 250 kW / 170 deg to SoAm Spanish 2300-2400 on 13740 BAU 100 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish 2300-2400 on 15230 QVC 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish 2300-2400 on 15370 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to WeEu Spanish 2330-2400 on 9720 BAU 100 kW / 100 deg to SoAf Portuguese 2330-2400 on 15730 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg to SoAm French Mon-Sat 2330-2400 on 15730 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg to SoAm Esperanto Sun 0000-0030 on 15730 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg to SoAm Creole 0000-0100 on 5040 BAU 100 kW / 083&263 to Cuba English 0000-0100 on 6000 QVC 250 kW / 010 deg to ENAm Spanish Tue-Fri Mesa Redonda 0000-0100 on 9640 BEJ 050 kW / 110 deg to SoAm Spanish 0000-0100 on 9535 BEJ 100 kW / 230 deg to CeAm Spanish 0000-0100 on 9720 BAU 100 kW / 100 deg to SoAf English 0000-0100 on 11670 BAU 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish 0000-0100 on 11760 BAU 100 kW / non-dir to NCAm Spanish 0000-0100 on 11840 QVC 250 kW / 170 deg to SoAm Spanish 0000-0100 on 11950 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg to WNAm Spanish Tue-Fri Mesa Redonda 0000-0100 on 13740 BAU 100 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish 0000-0100 on 15230 QVC 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish 0030-0100 on 15730 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg to SoAm Portuguese 0100-0130 on 5040 BAU 100 kW / 083&263 to Cuba Creole 0100-0130 on 15730 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg to SoAm Quechua 0100-0200 on 6060 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to ENAm Spanish 0100-0200 on 9640 BEJ 050 kW / 110 deg to SoAm Spanish 0100-0200 on 9535 BEJ 100 kW / 230 deg to CeAm Spanish 0100-0200 on 11670 BAU 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish 0100-0200 on 11760 BAU 100 kW / non-dir to NCAm Spanish 0100-0200 on 11840 QVC 250 kW / 170 deg to SoAm Spanish 0100-0200 on 13740 BAU 100 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish 0100-0200 on 15230 QVC 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish 0130-0200 on 5040 BAU 100 kW / 083&263 to Cuba French 0200-0300 on 5040 BAU 100 kW / 083&263 to Cuba Spanish 0200-0300 on 6000 QVC 250 kW / 010 deg to ENAm English 0200-0300 on 6060 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to ENAm Spanish 0200-0300 on 9640 BEJ 050 kW / 110 deg to SoAm Spanish 0200-0300 on 6165 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg to WNAm English 0200-0300 on 9535 BEJ 100 kW / 230 deg to CeAm Spanish 0200-0300 on 11670 BAU 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish 0200-0300 on 11760 BAU 100 kW / non-dir to NCAm Spanish 0200-0300 on 11840 QVC 250 kW / 170 deg to SoAm Spanish 0200-0300 on 13740 BAU 100 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish 0200-0300 on 15230 QVC 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish 0300-0500 on 5040 BAU 100 kW / 083&263 to Cuba Spanish 0300-0500 on 6000 QVC 250 kW / 010 deg to ENAm English 0300-0500 on 6060 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to ENAm Spanish 0300-0500 on 9640 BEJ 050 kW / 110 deg to SoAm Spanish 0300-0500 on 6165 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg to WNAm English 0300-0500 on 9535 BEJ 100 kW / 230 deg to CeAm Spanish 0300-0500 on 11670 BAU 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish 0300-0500 on 11840 QVC 250 kW / 170 deg to SoAm Spanish 0300-0500 on 13740 BAU 100 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish 0300-0500 on 15230 QVC 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish 0500-0600 on 5040 BAU 100 kW / 083&263 to Cuba Spanish 0500-0600 on 6000 QVC 250 kW / 010 deg to ENAm English 0500-0600 on 6060 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to ENAm Spanish 0500-0600 on 6165 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg to WNAm English 0500-0600 on 9535 BEJ 100 kW / 230 deg to CeAm Spanish 0500-0600 on 11840 QVC 250 kW / 170 deg to SoAm Spanish 0500-0600 on 15230 QVC 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish 0600-0700 on 5040 BAU 100 kW / 083&263 to Cuba English 0600-0700 on 6000 QVC 250 kW / 010 deg to ENAm English 0600-0700 on 6060 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to ENAm English 0600-0700 on 6100 BAU 100 kW / 310 deg to WNAm English 0600-0700 on 6165 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg to WNAm English 0700-0800 on 6000 QVC 250 kW / 010 deg to ENAm English 0700-0800 on 6060 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to ENAm English 0700-0800 on 6100 BAU 100 kW / 310 deg to WNAm English 0700-0800 on 6165 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg to WNAm English 0800-0830 on 6100 BAU 100 kW / 310 deg to WNAm Esperanto Sun [NOTE: These skeds do NOT include numerous long-standing mixing products, harmonix and other spurs --- gh] Shortwave schedule of Radio Rebelde: 0000-2400 on 5025 QVC 050 kW / non-dir to Cuba Spanish Shortwave schedule of Radio Progreso: 0130-0500 on 4765 BAU 050 kW / non-dir to Cuba Spanish, future plan 2300-0500 CUBA, Cuban Spy Numbers HM01: all secret tx probably BEJ 50 kW Spanish xx55-xx20 broadcasts 25 minutes; xx20-xx25 open carrier/dead air; xx25-xx50 broadcasts 25 minutes; xx50-xx55 change of frequencies. 0455-0550 on 10860 Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 0455-0550 on 11462 Tue/Thu/Sat 0555-0650 on 10345 Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 0555-0650 on 14375 Tue/Thu/Sat 0655-0750 on 9330 Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 0655-0750 on 13435 Tue/Thu/Sat 0755-0850 on 9065 Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 0755-0850 on 11635 Tue/Thu/Sat 0855-0950 on 9240 Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 0855-0950 on 11462 Tue/Thu/Sat 0955-1050 on 9155 Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 0955-1050 on 12180 Tue/Thu/Sat 1555-1650 on 11435 Daily 1655-1750 on 11530 Daily 1755-1850 on 11635 Daily 2055-2150 on 11635 Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 2055-2150 on 16180 Tue/Thu/Sat 2155-2250 on 10715 Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 2155-2250 on 17480 Tue/Thu/Sat 2255-2350 on 11530 Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 2255-2350 on 17540 Tue/Thu/Sat Transmitter sites: BAU=Bauta, BEJ=Bejucal, QVC=Quivican (??????????? ?? Observer ? 6:19 PM via DXLD) ** CUBA. Radio Habana Cuba presenta calendario para el 2018 05/11/2017 La emisora internacional Radio Habana Cuba brilló con luz propia días pasados durante la presentación de su nuevo calendario de bolsillo, esta vez ilustrado con el retrato que el pintor Oswaldo Guayasamín dibujó a José Ramón Fernández, presidente del Comité Olímpico Cubano (COC), informó Pedro Martínez Pírez, subdirector de la planta radial. Resultado de imagen para Radio Habana Cuba presenta calendario para el 2018 https://gruporadioescuchaargentino.wordpress.com/2017/11/05/radio-habana-cuba-presenta-calendario-para-el-2018/ Transmitido por Radio Habana Cuba, el programa contó con la presencia del destacado político cubano, que estuvo junto a Fidel en los grandes momentos de la nación, sobre todo en aquellos días relacionados con el ataque a Playa Girón. La imagen del calendario refleja la figura de quien todos conocen como el “Gallego Fernández”, con motivo del aniversario 35 de aquellos hechos que tocaron nuestra historia. Martínez Pírez, en emotivas palabras, ilustró aquellos años en que Fernández acompañara a Fidel a la hermana República de Ecuador. Y contó los hechos que hicieron posible que el pintor de Nuestra América dibujara con sus trazos al revolucionario cubano: “Fue en 1996 aquí en La Habana cuando todos estábamos celebrando el 35 aniversario de la victoria en Playa Girón; ahí surgió la idea de Guayasamín de plasmar a José Ramón en una obra”, expresó. Agradecido por el gesto de la emisora internacional conocida como “una voz cubana que recorre el mundo”, José Ramón Fernández ofreció un excepcional testimonio de su paso por la vida y sus reiterados encuentros con Fidel y Raúl, así como la voluntad de llevar adelante un proceso que tiene como figura protagónica a nuestro aguerrido pueblo. A la ceremonia de presentación del calendario de bolsillo asistieron el embajador de Bolivia en Cuba, excelentísimo señor Juan Ramón Quintana, la embajadora de Ecuador, Maria Augusta Calle de Andrade, Rosa Meneses Albisu Campos, hija del luchador independentista de Puerto Rico, Laslinda Mondeja, Directora de la Técnica de la Radio Cubana, y Tania Hernández Castellanos, Directora de la Emisora Radio Habana Cuba. La Casa Guayasamín, ubicada en la calle Obrapía No 111, entre Oficios y Mercaderes, en el Casco Histórico de la Habana Vieja, en su área patrimonial. Fue fundada el 8 de enero de 1993 por el líder histórico de la Revolución Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro, y el historiador de la Ciudad de la Habana, Eusebio Leal Splenguer. La Casa Museo dispone de tres salas de exposición permanente donde se exhiben objetos personales y obras originales de Oswaldo Guayasamín. Guayasamín fue amigo personal de los más importantes artistas e intelectuales de izquierdas del mundo y retrató a algunos de ellos, como Gabriel García Márquez, Fidel y Raúl Castro, Francois y Danielle Mitterrand o Rigoberta Menchú (Radio Cubana.cu via GRA blog via DXLD) It`s no wall calender, just a little pocket card (gh) ** CUBA [and non]. 9805, Nov 4 at 1328, wall-of-noise jamming against nothing, as the stupid DentroCuban Jamming Command keeps on it, despite R. Martí having used 9805 only in A-17 and only at 1000-1300. 13820, Nov 4 at 1805, R. Martí loud & clear, while wall-of-noise jamming remains on 13605, ex-frequency for A-17. After news, opening `Interferencia` show which nevertheless, is a worldwide top-10 pop music countdown, starting with #10, `Despacito`, English / Spanish version, introduced by a superhyper DJ. It`s beyond me how such overbearing nonsense may appeal to anyone. Drives me away. 7375, Nov 4 at 2242, R. Martí in clear on new frequency, while jamming remains on 7435. Changing 7 MHz frequencies almost every hour during evening must be new tactic to evade the jammers --- not difficult since they are asleep at the switches, slow to catch on to B-17 schedule which is no secret. 7365, 7435, Nov 7 at 0745, wall-of-noise jamming against nothing, and even audible on 9805 amid a mostly dead band, while Radio Martí is really only on also jammed 5980 and 6030 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EAST TURKISTAN. 1521 CHINA INTO MICHIGAN TONIGHT! After reading recent reports that China was logged by Allen Willie in Newfoundland and the PEI gang, I thought I'd pay closer attention to 1521 during the early evening hours. Patience paid off tonight when I caught some faint Russian talk and music beginning around 0030 UT. I was able to parallel what I was hearing in real-time to a Kiwi remote SDR located in Novosibirsk, Russia (roughly 1000 km north of Urumqi) that had a strong copy on the same signal. Despite not catching an ID on the remote receiver, I'm fairly confident that I had CRI, which would be a new country here. Honestly, I never thought to look for China at this hour until reading the reports mentioned above. https://youtu.be/uNyL6d_ibfA 73, (Tim Tromp, West Michigan, UT Nov 6, IRCA via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DXLD) Keep in mind, that 1521 is from the western tip of China, more like a ME station, 500 kW probably aimed toward Europe (gh, ibid.) Congrats, Tim, on that great catch! Almost at the same time, I also joined the Urumqi party. Here's an extract at 0039 UT with a man in Russian: http://www.quebecdx.com/mp3/China_1521_20171106_039.MP3 [and non] And taking advantage of an open Northern path, I gave a go for India on 1071 and here it was at 0054 with man in presumed Urdu: http://www.quebecdx.com/mp3/India_1071_20171106_0054.MP3 If you were recording a bit earlier, you might try for 1098. There's a 1000 kW transmitter in Golmud, CHINA, that also reaches here from time to time (Sylvain Naud, Portneuf, QC, Perseus + Jaguar Pro, 1450 ft Beverage at 35 degrees, IRCA via DXLD) Everyone, thanks for the kind words. Conditions are very similar here tonight right now at 5:30 pm EST [2230 UT] sunset as I type this. 1521 has light audio in and out under the 1520 slop, but I'm unable to ID it since the Russian Kiwi remote seems void of any signals at the moment, including China on 1521, so no comparison right now. If 1521 is // to shortwave then I'll need to research the frequencies. At Sylvain & Kaz, thanks for the tips regarding the other frequencies. I'm actively watching those as well. Only carriers there right now. 73, (Tim Tromp, West Michigan, Perseus SDR + North DKAZ, Nov 6, ibid.) Another Chinese target for those who catched the Chinese on 1521 in the recent days. Indeed, 1098 has just been heard here tonight and you also might have a chance until 0010 UT, Golmud CHINA sunrise time. This is what I've heard earlier at 2041 UT: http://www.quebecdx.com/mp3/china_1098_20171106_2041.MP3 (Sylvain Naud, Portneuf, Qc, Perseus + Jaguar Pro, 1450 ft Beverage at 35 degrees, ibid.) Tim, http://shortwaveschedule.com/index.php?station=44 lists 7405 and 9445 as possibilities right now. They claim 1521 broadcasts until 0200 UT, while Asiawaves says 0100 UT. PAL gives these possibilities as parallels: Russian to Cent Asia: 00-0100 // 5990/7405 01-0157 // 5905 11-1157 // 963/1323/5915/6080/7290 12-1257 // 963/5905/6100 13-1357 // 963/1323/5905/5915/5990 14-1457 // 963/1323/6005/7330/7435 15-1557 // 963/1323/5915/5965/5990 16-1657 // 6040/6070 17-1757 // 5915/6040 18-1957 [same?] Good luck (Nick Hall-Patch, ibid.) Wow, Sylvain. Incredible reception! Often the quality I hear many Chinese from the west coast! 73 (Walt Salmaniw, Nov 7, ibid.) When the Northern path is wide open, Walt, this 500 kW can make it rather easily if you consider that the 9800 km from here to Urumqi is the average distance to Iran, which stations can reach my place on a more regular basis. Eastern Chinese stations are much more difficult to hear though (Sylvain, QC, ibid.) Good point. I guess the Northern path is highly variable, though, depending on ionospheric conditions, and simply not open very often for trans-Polar propagation. Same on the west coast for Europe. It's fairly infrequent that that pathway is open. 73 (Walt, ibid.) ** ECUADOR. 6050, HCJB, Pico Pichincha. NOV 1 *0923 - s/on at 0923:09 with rather poor signal, but increased to excellent S8 level around 1054 Quito sunrise, excellent música over the ToH to choral NA at 1101. -- 73, (Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55, WinRadio G33DDC, RFSpace NetSDR locked to Thunderbolt GPS 10 MHz reference, ALA100LN 4'x26' loop, http://www.swldx.us --- dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6050, Pico Pichincha, 10 kW 18 or 172 deg, HCJB, Nov 2 0923 - Crash start into Latin music from 0923:10. From 0927:45, choral National Anthem, 'Salve, Oh Patria', then into ID in Quechua, mentioning Ecuador, but somewhat overmodulated. Quite brief, before a piano bridge. Strong reception. Music right up to 1000. All in Quechua (Walt Salmaniw, PEI DX-pedition, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. 9899.5, Radio Cairo-Abis, at 2000 on 11-1. A YF was talking in French as scheduled with techno music playing as bridges, and while she spoke. A brief instrumental song played followed by the YF talking again. There was some brief interference but the signal is strong, and audio is readable. SIO-544 (Victor DXer, PA, ptswyg via DXLD) 9899.6, Radio Cairo (presumed); 2117-2124+, 11/1; Commentaries by W in English with Arabish music. Music fairly clean but vox distorted. SIO=3+53- (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9900, Radio Cairo at 2228 with a strong signal but totally muffled audio – Waste of bandwidth Nov 4 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) 9480+, Nov 4 at 0538, centered slightly on hi side but with no precise carrier, heavy buzzroar and very distorted talk, worthy of Cairo, I think, and in fact it is, per HFCC: 0400-0600, 250 kW, 166 degrees from Abis in Swahili (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9480.022, Radio Cairo in probably Swahili East Africa service, much distorted audio modulation S=9+5dB at 0428 UT on Nov 4. 18 times x 50 Hertz distance apart peaks visible on PC screen. Morning log of Nov 4, taken in southern Germany, as well as in Athens Greece and New Delhi remote SDR units [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 4, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tentative B17 schedule for Radio Cairo in various western languages 0045-0200 Spanish SAm 9420 1800-1900 Italian Eu 9540 1900-2000 German Eu 9570 1900-2000 Russian Eu 9420 1900-2030 English Af 15290 2000-2115 French Eu 9900 2115-2245 English Eu 9900 2215-2330 Port SAm 12005 (HFCC) (via Nov BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) 9420 Spanish unheard (gh) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Radio Bata *0518, 05-11, now on air, open transmission at 0518, Spanish songs. Weak but clear signal (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also heard from KiwiSDR in SW England with SINPO 25332; heavy static QRN. Non-stop songs from 0527 tune (Bruce Churchill, ibid.) Manuel, when does the RNac close-down mornings on SW 5005 kHz? Seems only 1-2 hours radio service for the national fishery fleet on sea? Nothing heard/seen on channel, here around 0750 UT. WRTH and Aoki Nagoya databases show 05-23 UT throughout, seemingly mean only local FM service? 73 wolfy df5sx (Büschel, ibid.) Today the signal disappear at 0555, seems to cut off transmission abruptly, but I don't know the close down time because the signal deteriorated quickly after 45 minutes or 1 hour since open transmission because daytime. In the evening, a lot of time I don`t hear it at 1800 UT (daytime path in summer), but now conditions must be good, and I don't hear the signal or the carrier. The next week I will be for a week in Lanzarote, Canary Islands and I tried to catch it at this time there. Last years, November in Lanzarote, I heard it at around 1800 UT, but I suspect is inactive now in the evening. Best 73,s (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Nov 5, HCDX via DXLD) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 6250, Oct 28, 1915, R Nacional de Guinea Equatorial, Malabo (presumed), Spanish talk, CWQRM (AP-DNK) (Anker Petersen, Denmark, SW Bulletin Nov 6 via DXLD) ??? Only report of this since its one week of activity last summer, sure? We would only hear it around 0500/0600, and no sign of it on frequent bandscans here. Korean radio war of Echo of Hope vs Echo of Unification are also on 6250 but certainly not in Spanish. There are also scads of Europirates in this range (gh, DXLD) ** ERITREA [and non]. 7181.66, VOBME, Eritrea. Nov 1 *0252 - long monologue by man. Presumed Ethiopian effective noise jammer fired up on 7180.02 at 0320:27 also running the hams off. 7181.42, VoBME, Asmara. NOV 3 *0300 - transmitter on at 0244:43 running 1 kHz test tone, opening HoA music at 0300:30 with echo ID by woman, talk by man and woman. Good signal until Ethiopian jamming opened exactly at 0302 -- 73, (Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55, WinRadio G33DDC, RFSpace NetSDR locked to Thunderbolt GPS 10 MHz reference, ALA100LN 4'x26' loop, http://www.swldx.us dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7140.020, Asmara still on air at 0720 UT, not jammed by ETHIOPIA, heard on low outfaded level in Doha Qatar remote site. but 7181.555 kHz stronger signal from Asmara at S=7-8 in peaks at 0724 UT [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7181.555, Voice of Broad Masses 2nd (Dimtsia Hafash) from Asmara ERI S=9+20dB, and covered heavily by Ethiopian white noise digital jammer on 7169.9 to 7190 kHz range. ... and also less strong on 7140.021, Voice of Broad Masses 1st (Dimtsia Hafash) from Asmara Selea Daro in Eritrea, S=9+5dB and Ethiopian jamming underneath on 7133 to 7147 kHz range. 0410 UT. Morning log of Nov 4, taken in southern Germany, as well as in Athens Greece and New Delhi remote SDR units [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7181.546, Nov 6 at 1352, JBA carrier from intruder VOBME via long-path on characteristic split frequency; with QRhaM from a 7181.0-LSB station. Much weaker than Somaliland on 7120 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA [non]. The Listening Post, Al Jazeera English's media- analysis show http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/ had a piece on its Nov. 4 edition on Radio Erena, oppo to the Eritrean govt that broadcasts on satellite and SW (from Sofia, I believe -- haven't heard it myself). (Chuck Albertson, Seattle, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. 5940 n o n log, nothing noted from Ethiopian Somali Regional State Radio Jijiga. "Radio Deegaanka Soomaalida Itoobiya". Very seldom on air these days - /DDSI/, the official station of the Ethiopian Somali Regional State. Nov 4 - not. 5950even, Voice of Tigray Revolution in Tigrinya, from Gedja site at 0415 UT on Nov 4. S=9+5dB. 6030, bad mixture of US-IBB Radio Marti Greenville-NC, Cuban jamming, and 6030 ETH Radio Oromiya in probably Oromo, from Gedja, S=9+5dB. 6089.997, Radio Amhara from Gedja, at 0418 UT probably in Amharic, HoA music played, S=9+5dB strength. 6110.004, FBC Radio Fana from Gedja at 0422 UT on Nov 4, Amharic. S=9+5dB noted here in southern Germany. All 4 x Ethiopian 49 meterband outlets on air from Gedja, plus 2 jammer on 7140v and 7181v kHz against Asmara Selea Daro Eritrea bcasts, see above. Morning log of Nov 4, taken in southern Germany, as well as in Athens Greece and New Delhi remote SDR units [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. 5950, Voice of the Tigray Revolution, Addis Ababa-Gedja. NOV 1 *0253 - transmitter cut on at 0249:45 with IS starting 0253:45. S/on anmts over IS by man at 0259. Much slop from overmodulated 5960 Issoudun from 0300 5950, Voice of the Tigray Revolution, Addis Ababa. Nov 3 *0259 - s/on with Washint flute interval signal, announcements into traditional instrumentals. Spoiled by overmodulated NHK via Issoudun on 5960. 6090, Amhara Regional State R, Addis Ababa. Nov 3 *0253 - thank goodness Caribbean Beacon off again this evening. Open carrier from 0245:45, IS at 0253 until Toh, ID by man then brief transmitter cut. Back a minute later with back to back HoA instrumentals until 0315, followed by talk by man. Excellent signal and no sign of Kaduna by the time my recording ended at 0506 -- 73, (Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55, WinRadio G33DDC, RFSpace NetSDR locked to Thunderbolt GPS 10 MHz reference, ALA100LN 4'x26' loop, http://www.swldx.us dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6090, Amhara State Radio, 0250, Nov 3. Caribbean Beacon, via Anguilla off the air. More strange happenings with the interval signals here, as I have recently been reporting on. Today tuned in to hear a decent level carrier; 0252 clearly the start of the Radio Oromiya IS; at 0256 heard the start of the Amhara State Radio IS, which was weak and mixing well underneath the Radio Oromiya IS, which ended at 0259, leaving the Amhara State Radio IS in the clear till 0300. Certainly something strange is happening either at the studio or transmitter site. See Glenn's insightful comments in DXLD 17-41. My audio of one minute of Radio Oromiya IS in the clear and then Amhara State Radio IS in the clear, at http://goo.gl/R6CUyX (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. 6110, R Fana, Addis Ababa. NOV 1 *0255 - transmitter cut on at 0248 with IS starting at *0255:30, s/on announcements from 0259 by man and woman. Poor signal this evening -- 73, (Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55, WinRadio G33DDC, RFSpace NetSDR locked to Thunderbolt GPS 10 MHz reference, ALA100LN 4'x26' loop, http://www.swldx.us --- dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. 7234.820 ... unstable wandered up-and-down signal to 7234.859 kHz, Radio Ethiopia from Gedja site in Somali? language in 07-08 UT slot, HoA music of the region played at 0727 UT on Nov 3 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. Re this: ``GERMANY. 15780-15785-15790, Oct 29 at 1814, DRM noise, presumed Romania or some major station, but the only thing B-17 HFCC listed on 15785 is 100-watt non-direxional BIX FNA in ERL, i.e. as in NDXC/Aoki A-17, bit eXpress, Erlangen, 24 hours. I never expected to hear it and for once wish I had DRM reception. Is it really 24 hours? I give up trying to find it in WRTH --- no major heading under Germany in International Section. It could be buried somewhere in the 14 pages of state-by-state FM National listings. And EiBi, based in Germany, does not even list it at all! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1902, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` Kai Ludwig, Germany, replied: ``Good luck in finding out. Bit express itself no longer exists, as announced at https://www.bitexpress.de/technik?qt-technik=2#qt-technik The new Funklust project focusses on content, no word about such technical experiments there (not that I find anything wrong with that). The transmitter itself should be in the responsibility of Fraunhofer IIS. Again: No word about it at https://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/de/ff/kom/digitaler-rundfunk.html The only remaining mention is on this page, last updated 2016 if not earlier: http://drm-forum.de/index.php/drm-verbreitung/drm-verbreitung Sorry, but I leave anything else to others`` (WORLD OF RADIO 1902) Then Eike Bierwirth replied Nov 2: ``Glenn, since A-17 lists VoA in Amharic on 15785 at 1800-1900 UTC, I bet you heard the Ethiopian Jamming Command, whether or not VoA was still on A-17 or already on B-17 operation on October 29 (WORLD OF RADIO 1903) Btw, just a few days before your 15785 log, you posted a link to the British DX Club visiting Woofferton. Two of the photos showed an actual transmission schedule, including said 15785. Several items on the schedule are elsewhere listed as Dhabayya/UAE, so it seems to include the remote control of that site, too (BH = Dhabayya?? OFF = Woofferton?? this would almost, but not quite, match the usual A-17 schedules, but Babcock sites are known to be switched on short notice, since some of that leaks into HFCC). Screenshot from Woofferton's control room vs A-17 schedule: https://www.facebook.com/BDXCUK/photos/a.1105444759592508.1073741830.1033622143441437/1105448552925462/?type=3&theater 13/10/2017 10:46:04 STAT FREQ MODE NEXT [Matching A-17 transmissions] BH 17845 AM 11:29:30 [Radio ERGO 1200-1300 17845 DHA] OFF 9620 AM 17:29:30 [Afia Darfur 1800-1830 9620 WOF] BH 17680 AM 12:30:00 [TWR 1300-1315 17680 DHA] BH 11775 AM 14:44:30 [NHK 1515-1600 11775 DHA] BH 15255 AMC 13:49:30 [Radio Liberty 1400-1600 15255 WOF] BH 17870 AMC 13:49:30 [VoA 1400-1500 17870 WOF] OFF 15785 AM 17:49:30 [VoA 1800-1900 15785 WOF] BH 12005 AMC 12:49:30 [Radio Farda 1300-1800 12005 WOF] OFF 0 AM 17:19:30 15630 [VoA 1730-1800 15630 WOF] AUX 9760 DRM 10:50:00 [NHK DRM 1100-1130 Fridays 9760 WOF]`` To which I replied, ``Eike, Excellent, detective work! Tnx, Glenn`` And: When will the DRM Consortium acknowledge that its technology can be, and is being used for EVIL? (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dave Kenny, BDXC-UK replied: ``Well spotted, Eike; On the day we visited Woofferton, 13th October, they were indeed transmitting the Dhabayya frequencies from the UK, because of a problem at Dhabayya. I believe it was due to be the last day of Dhabbaya being covered from Woofferton, although it might have continued for longer. 73 Dave Kenny BDXC`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See UK about that ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. GERMANY, Voice of Oromo Liberation via MBR Nauen, Nov 1: 1700-1730 on 11810 NAU 100 kW / 144 deg to EaAf Afan Oromo Wed 1730-1800 on 11810 NAU 100 kW / 144 deg to EaAf Amharic Wed Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with digital white noise http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/good-signal-of-voice-of-oromo.html (SWLDXBulgaria News, November 1, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. Reception of Radio Xoriyo Ogaden via MBR Issoudun, Oct 31: 1600-1630 11970 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Tue/Sat, very good Transmission jammed by Ethiopia with weak white noise digital jamming http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/reception-of-radio-xoriyo-ogaden-via.html Voice of Oromo Liberation via MBR Nauen, Nov 1: 1700-1730 on 11810 NAU 100 kW / 144 deg to EaAf Afan Oromo Wed 1730-1800 on 11810 NAU 100 kW / 144 deg to EaAf Amharic Wed Transmissions is jammed by Ethiopia with white noise digital jamming http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/good-signal-of-voice-of-oromo.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #1039 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Nov 3, 2017 via DXLD) ** EUROPE. Dear EMR Listeners, Due to my Cancer condition (non-Hodgkin Lymphoma) that was diagnosed in February 2017, i regret to tell you that EMR will be off air until furthr notice. I hope to return EMR to the air at some Point in 2018. All the best from Tom Taylor PS. More Pages to our Website will be added over the next few Months while EMR is off air! (Tom Taylor, European Music Radio: website: http://www.europeanmusicradio.com email: emrshortwave@gmail.com Nov 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I'm sure we all send our very best wishes to Tom (Mike Terry, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** EUROPE. 6205, UNKNOWN, Laser Hot Hits, Oct 30, 2319 - Good reception tonight from this long-standing Europirate. I suspect they run somewhere between 1 and 10 kW, and more likely closer to 1 kw. Modern hits, with IDs and taking requests. Sometimes very good, sometimes with a fade to fair level. No sign of 4026 that I've previously heard. Not sure where they are located, but something tells me that they might be in Ireland (Walt Salmaniw, PEI DX-pedition, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6205, EURO-PIRATE, Laser Hot Hits. Nov 1 0344 - pop music, male DJ between each song. ELO, Mike & the Mechanics, Beach Boys, etc. Off at 0457:58*. Poor -- 73, (Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55, WinRadio G33DDC, RFSpace NetSDR locked to Thunderbolt GPS 10 MHz reference, ALA100LN 4'x26' loop, http://www.swldx.us --- dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FALKLAND ISLANDS [non]. I've continued to add material to my blog on the radio war during the 1982 Falklands conflict. In my latest post I reveal the secret location of Radio Atlantico del Sur's studio. https://radioatlanticodelsur.blogspot.co.uk/ (Chris Greenway, Nov 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FINLAND. Good to fair signal from SWR, Finland on 11720 at 0950 UT tune in with their monthly broadcast. SIO 343 (Russ Cummings, AOR7030+, 18m long wire, North Ferriby, East Yorkshire, UK, Sat Nov 4, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) 11720, Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Virrat, now on air, 1045-1102, Finnish, comments, at 1159 song "Dust on the wing" by Kansas, ID in English at 1102. Weak. 15321. (Méndez) 11689.9, Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Virrant, 0748, 0759, 04-11, comments in Finnish, songs, some comments in English. Very weak. 15221 11720, Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Virrat, 1045- , 04-11, Finnish, comments, songs, at 1050 song “Dust on the wing” by Kansas, ID in English at 1102. Weak. 15321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. Studio 52 (Hitmix Radio) say that their next SW broadcast will be on 1 January 2018 from 1200-1600 on 5970-iss via Issoudun France with 500 kW. https://studio52radiogroup.jimdo.com/ (Nov BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** GERMANY. 12004.908, Nov 4 at 1314, JBA carrier way off-frequency with trace of modulation, HFCC shown as IBB Biblis, 0630-1800, 100 kW, 105 degrees in Farsi, i.e. Radio Farda (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. 5905, Nov 1 at 0628, YL in German with weather info, S5-S9 – it`s Deutscher Wetterdienst, just ending 0600 transmission, so I quickly go to 6180 and find same thing, S6-S9; at 0629 she says ``Ende`` but carrier on until 0630:15*. No QRM on either tnx to RNA crash. Not listed in WRTH 2017 International Sexion, and if in National Sexion buried in 14 pages of FM info. Worldwide frequency list has only 6180, not 5905. I was tuning USB, and with carrier, but didn`t have a chance to check whether anything on LSB. Ivo Ivanov frequently reports on these, most recently Oct 27: ``Reception of DWD Deutscher Wetterdienst on Oct 24 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/reception-of-dwd-deutscher-wetterdienst_25.html 0600-0628 on 5905 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German AM mode 0600-0628 on 6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German AM mode`` Site is Pinneberg, also missing from map on WRTH pp 58-59. Other broadcasts are at 1200, 1600 & 2000 per HFCC. Apparently these stay at the same UT. A while back DWD were in SSB on one or the other (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1903, WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [and non]. 6070, Rohrbach, 25 kW/ND, Torpoint Radio Worldwide, Oct 30 1908 - Thanks to Jean Burnell for sharing a last minute email from Phil and Richard announcing a new shortwave station called Torpoint Radio Worldwide broadcasting tonight from 1900 to 2100 UT via Channel 292 in Germany. Announcements sound in German. Fair to good reception. After a break, I came back to very nice reception. Good to very good, with CFRX just audible with music (Dreams by the Cranberries, then dead air, and into Jethro Tull). Finally an ID at 1935, but not for Torpoint but just for Channel 292. Very good at 1937. 6070, Rohrbach, 25 kW, Channel 292, Oct 31 2001 - English program until the TOH giving gmail addresses, but no ID per se for the station, and left the air about 2002 leaving CFRX cochannel (which is there but at weaker strength) on 6069.985, while presumed Channel 292 was on the nominal channel (I measured 1 Hz high). Nothing special compared to yesterday afternoon's myriad of programming! (Walt Salmaniw, PEI DX-pedition, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)) ** GERMANY. 6160, Winsen, 500 watts, Shorwaveradio.de, Oct 30 2027 - Excellent reception with an English progressive rock station, and quickly verified direct from the station as follows: Hi Walt, that is indeed our station. Transmission power is 500 Watts into a halfwave- dipole pointing west/north-west. This is a licensed, non-commercial service run by shortwave enthusiasts in Germany. Keep on DXing, (via studio@shortwaveradio.de). I used 6160@shortwaveradio.de for email to the station. I'm pleased! 6160, Winsen, 1 kW ND, Shortwave Radio to Europe, Nov 2 2035 - Quite good reception already at 5:30 PM local, with English ID, '6160, across Europe on 6160 AM, we are Shortwave Radio to Europe'. At 2100, they announced that this was a test transmission and asked for reports to 6160@shorwaveradio.de. Generally pretty good reception, with some deep fades. Good modulation, though (Walt Salmaniw, PEI DX-pedition, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. [probably? Greek Pirate?], 7514.990 kHz unstable fq up to 7515even kHz, noted wandered up and down around 0924 UT on Nov 3. Hard Rock pop music played, S=9 signal in remote Perseus at Athens Greece. Reported few times previously by Ivo in Sofia Bulgaria [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3, BC-DX 03 Nov via DXLD) Weak signal of Greek pirate station Radio Zeppelin, Nov 6 0730 & 0930 on 7515 unknown tx site, strong QRM from Denge Kurdistan same time on 7520 ERV 100 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish-unscheduled http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/weak-signal-of-greek-pirate-station.html (SWLDXBulgaria News, November 6, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DXLD) Weak signal of Greek pirate station Radio Zeppelin, Nov 7 0545 & 1400 on 7515 unknown tx site, strong QRM from Denge Kurdistan same time on 7520 ERV 100 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish-unscheduled http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/weak-signal-of-greek-pirate-station_7.html (SWLDXBulgaria News, November 7, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DXLD) ** GREECE. 9420.005, Voice of Greece, Avlis, Greek folk music play at 0425 UT, S=9+25dB powerful here in southern Germany. 11.4 kHz wide nice audio signal, excellent modulation, \\ 9935.004 S=9 less strength. Morning log of Nov 4, taken in southern Germany, as well as in Athens Greece and New Delhi remote SDR units [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUATEMALA. 4055, Chiquimula 1 kW (?) ND Radio Verdad, Nov 2 0232 - A terrible frequency now, with a ute parked between 4055 and 4059, making life miserable for Verdad. I'm able to eliminate most of the QRM by narrowing the bandwidth, but I'm sure the average receiver can't. Heh, Verdad was there first! Fair to good, otherwise (Walt Salmaniw, PEI DX-pedition, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Have not noticed that ute here (gh) ** INDIA. Nov 1, still hearing 7555.75, at 1242 with AIR doing fairly well, with indigenous Tibetan chanting and music. 7505 silent at the time. As early as 1158, was hearing the AIR carrier on 7555.75, till they started audio at 1215. Ron Howard, California Thanks to Jose Jacob (Hyderabad, India), for the following on Nov 1: AIR Latest Changes: 0830-1200 9380 Aligarh (Vividh Bharati) 1215-1330 Tibetan 7555 (ex 6155/7505) via Delhi [Did they really go to 6155/7505 for a day or two? - Ron] 1330-1430 Nepali 7555 (ex 6155/7505) via Delhi [Did they really go to 6155/7505 for a day or two?? - Ron] 1515-1600 Hindi/English Home Service News, Spotlight 7555 (ex 6155/7505) via Delhi 1300-1500 Sinhala 9425 (ex 9910/9820) [WORLD OF RADIO 1903] - - - - My previous log: INDIA. 7555.75v, AIR via Delhi-Kingsway, 1206 UT, Oct 24. Carrier already on; AIR IS 1213-1215; scheduled to be in Tibetan; very distorted audio. (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, Calif., USA) Thanks to Rob Wagner for the following update (Nov 1). Ron "Yes, I also noticed that 7505 had not been activated. I tried it over several days and heard nothing; so I don't think it ever happened." Yes, 6155 was used for a few days but severe cochannel interference was noted. -- Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Jose Jacob, VU2JOS Yes indeed, very heavy QRM on 6155 kHz., so a wise idea to return to 7555.75 kHz. Ron Howard (all via Ron Howard, dxldyg via DXLD) 7555.781, 1215-1330 UT at 1315 UT Nov 3, AIR Tibetan via Kingsway, and probably 11620 (Panaji Goa) ex-11775, but latter covered by CHINA mainland music jammer in progress. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3, via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) AIR changes in B-17 season. Additional Changes to All India Radio External / Home Services B-17 --- but changed again: 1215-1330 Tibetan 7555.781 (ex6155/7505) via Delhi 1330-1430 Nepali 7555.781 (ex6155/7505) via Delhi 1515-1600 Hindi/English Home Service News, Spotlight 7555.781 (ex6155/7505) via Delhi (Jose Jacob, India, VU2JOS, DXindia Oct 30 via Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ?? I`ve never known Jose to report kHz frequencies to 3 decimal places. Those are really from Wolfgang (gh, DXLD) ** INDIA. 9445, All India Radio; 2107-2113+, 11/1; English feature on Indian trade to 2110 GOSoAIR ID & asked for comments; 2111+ intro’d music feature followed by 2 minutes dead air; 2113+ somebody finally noticed the DA! SIO=3+33-, need LSB to eliminate hiss QRM (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, --- -- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) From 9455 WRMI? (gh) ** INDIA. 9575, Nov 4 at 1334, weak signal with YL talk; just as I am listening closer to tell if it`s English, it goes off by 1335*. HFCC shows AIR Bod/Tibetan via Bengaluru until 1330; thus I suspect AIR failed to turn off this transmitter in time and proceeded with the GOS in English which should have been on 9690, unchecked. The Tibetan service also had to be jammed by the ChiCom, but normally with CNR1 in Chinese, or Firedrake, not CRI in English. 7550, Nov 4 at 2215, S Asian music at S9-S8, no doubt AIR as only station scheduled, 1730-2230, 500 kW, 300 degrees from Bengaluru, including GOS in English at this hour, one of our best chances to hear it far beyond Europe target. Tried // 9445, which is same except 325 degrees, but too weak to match (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. Latest B-17 frequency changes of All India Radio, Nov 1: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/latest-b-17-frequency-changes-of-all.html (SWLDXBulgaria News, November 2, dxldyg via DXLD) ** INDIA. 4760.001 and 4760.003 kHz IND? - two tiny peaks visible at 0018 UT [i.e. ANDAMAN and KASHMIR, or v.v.] 4919.966, AIR Chennai, Madras, Tamil Nadu, Tamil sce heard in Delhi remote server, S=9+15dB at 0022 UT on Nov 4. 4970.017, AIR Shillong, Mawgrong, Meghalaya, morning singer group, S=6-7 very low modulation, Hindi program scheduled 0025-0400 UT. Program start at 0024 UT. 4910.003, AIR Jaipur, Rajasthan, Hindi, singer, drums, flute, S=9+25dB powerful stn heard in Delhi remote server. At 0030 UT Nov 4. 7270.005, AIR Chennai, Tamil Nadu, SoAsian type like singer at 0345 UT, Nov 4, S=9+10dB noted in remote Delhi, India. 7380.004, AIR Chennai, Tamil Nadu, checked in remote Delhi server SDR unit at 0515 UT on Nov 4. Hindi or Tamil language sce S=7 in Delhi remote installation. 7420.005, AIR Hyderabad, Telingana, flute mx played at 0515 UT, S=8 signal strength in Delhi remote site. 7430even, AIR Bhopal, Hindi singer, next to powerhouse Bangalore, the Bhopal tx unit is the most well modulated powerful domestic signal from AIR sites. S=9+30dB powerful. 12 kHz wideband transmission at 0518 UT. Morning log of Nov 4, taken in southern Germany, as well as in Athens Greece and New Delhi remote SDR units [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA [non]. ARMENIA, Good signal of Trans World Radio India Oct 30 1300-1315 on 9745 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English Mon-Sat 1430-1445 on 9745 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English Sat 1435-1450 on 9745 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English Mon-Fri Wrong frequency announcement A-17 9410 kHz, instead of 9745 kHz http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/good-signal-of-trans-world-radio-india.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #1039 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Nov 3, 2017 via DXLD) Winter B-17 changes of Trans World Radio India Nov 3: 1245-1445 NF 9910 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg SoAs various, ex 9345 ERV 1345-1430 NF 9950*KCH 300 kW / 100 deg SoAs various, ex 15755 TAC 1430-1445 NF 9950 KCH 300 kW / 100 deg SoAs various, ex 7505 TAC 1445-1545 on 7505 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg SoAs Punjabi Mon-Fri no change *till 1400 on 9950 TSH 100 kW / 002 deg NEAs Japanese Furusato no Kaze http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/winter-b-17-changes-of-trans-world.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #1040 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Nov 6, 2017 via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. 9524.92 - Voice of Indonesia, Jakarta, 2049 UT 06 Nov 2017 - Very weak audio but I can make out an OM in French with a brief announcement then into local style music. Signal is only at S4 level and there is some moderate fading and static. This is pretty good reception for them here at this time of day. OM is back at 2056 with long announcement brief music to YL with further announcements continuing past TOH, signal finally cut off at 2102 (Stephen Wood, Harwich, Mass., Perseus SDR, 20 x 40 terminated superloop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. SPOOKY SPACE 'SOUNDS' --- Soaring to the depths of our universe, gallant spacecraft roam the cosmos, snapping images of celestial wonders. Some spacecraft have instruments capable of capturing radio emissions. When scientists convert these to sound waves, the results are eerie to hear. In time for Halloween, we've put together a compilation of elusive "sounds" of howling planets and whistling helium that is sure to make your skin crawl… https://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/features/halloween_sounds.html Thanks for the info https://vk.com/club59176345 (Rus-DX 5 Nov via DXLD) ** IRAN. 9755.007, VoIRIB Tehran via Sirjan site, Hebrew service 0420- 0450 UT, S=9+10dB low modulation, but 18 kHz wideband signal. \\ also: 11780.005, VoIRIB Tehran via Sirjan site, proper audio here, Hebrew sce 0445 UT til SIGN-OFF at 0451:40 UT. 19 kHz wideband block visible. Strength S=9+35dB! Morning log of Nov 4, taken in southern Germany, as well as in Athens Greece and New Delhi remote SDR units [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRELAND. 5505-USB, Nov 1 at 0620, VOLMET giving lots of geo coordinates, many of the longitudes near zero, and ``flight levels``, quite different format from RAF. This one is Shannon (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY. 6950, Europirate 500 watts into Dipole, Radio Voyager, Oct 31, 2045 - Halloween pirate broadcast heard just before signing off at 2045 giving their email address as RadioVoyager@hotmail.com (I originally thought it was Radio Dorothy!). E-mailed them with my audio clip, and received a very nice eQSL confirming my reception (Walt Salmaniw, PEI DX-pedition, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY. Please be advised that Marconi Radio International (MRI) will be on the air today, Saturday, 4 November 2017, as follows: 1415- 1630 UT on 7720 kHz (USB mode). Reception reports to this E-mail: marconiradiointernational (at) gmail.com Last but not least, we need your help! If you are a DX blogger, or use social networks, please post an announcement on your own blog and/or Facebook or send out a tweet the day before the broadcast. You can also forward this message to a friend. We hope to hear from a lot of shortwave listeners about our transmissions. Best 73's (Marconi Radio International (MRI), DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7720 USB, Marconi Radio International, 1610-1633*, 04-11, comments, at 1614 id., female:“This is Marconi Radio International, ... 7720 kHz...”, ID in Italian, German and other languages, English, comments, female, male, at 1729 new ID “This is Marconi Radio International..., please, send your reception reports..., ID In French, Italian, “.... la prossimo [sic] transmissione”, music. Close at 1633. 15321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Signal was poor to fair using the U. Twente SDR receiver. Frequency for most natural audio was 7719.95 kHz. Off at about 1633 UT (-- Richard Langley, NB, ibid.) Please be advised that Marconi Radio International (MRI) will be on the air today, Monday, 6 November 2017, as follows: 1730-1930 UT on 7720 kHz (USB mode). Reception reports to this E-mail: marconiradiointernational (at) gmail.com Last but not least, we need your help! If you are a DX blogger, or use social networks, please post an announcement on your own blog and/or Facebook or send out a tweet the day before the broadcast. You can also forward this message to a friend. We hope to hear from a lot of shortwave listeners about our transmissions (MRI, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [non]. NHK World Radio Japan --- Have I mentioned NHK World Radio Japan’s programme Musical Journey on the second Saturday of the month before? Probably! However, I’ll mention it again because it is a programme that I always enjoy, and I listened again on 14 October (0500 UT on 5975 kHz). The programme is both a travelogue and a music programme. Each month, a different prefecture in Japan is featured with brief highlights of the region and music linked to that prefecture (either coming from the region or by song title). This month the programme featured Hyogo Prefecture and was an informative and entertaining look at this region covering topics such as the World Cultural Heritage Site of Himeji Castle, and Akashi City which is known as "The City of Time", as it is situated on the meridian that serves as the basis for Japanese Standard Time. Highly recommended. Another monthly programme is the long-running Magic of Japanese Masterpieces heard on the second Thursday of the month. Each month, this program takes an individual work of art on display in the Tokyo National Museum and discusses the object, it’s history and related stories about it. On 12 October (again at 0500 UT on 5975 kHz) focused on a Bronze Mirror with Design of Divinities and Dragons. The programme also included additional background information in the form of a brief history of bronze mirrors. It was most informative, and as every time I hear this programme, I want to go to the museum and see the object for myself! Maybe next year (Listening Post with Alan Roe listeningpost@bdxc.org.uk Nov BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** JAPAN [non]. USA, 6195, Nov 2, 2017 at 0400-0410, Radio Japan, Furman-SC, in Spanish. Time pips, IS, ID and website; Man announcer presents "Boletín Informativo de la NHK". Station with good signal and modulation, 45444. Note: No signal and/or not detectable on 5985 kHz and 9455 kHz, both relays Okeechobee-FL (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103, Longwire, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** JAPAN [and non]. 7410, Nov 5 at 1354, CRI in Japanese definitely has an understation maybe also Japanese, or Korean, as Shiokaze defeats itself by choosing this frequency again for the 13-14 UT broadcast, oblivious of CRI always using it. How long till the next QSY? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KASHMIR. 6000.006, tiny weak S=4 signal peak visible at 0703 UT in Delhi remote unit, seemingly registered AIR Leh Himalaya region, scheduled 0700-0930 UT. Compare S=9 strong CRI English sce (Oxford- Cambridge vary British accented male reader) from Lhasa Tibet site across the mountain peaks [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ANGOLA [and non] ** KOREA NORTH. 11735. VOK. Noviembre 5. 0330- UT. Himno nacional, Canción del General Kim Il Sung, Canción del General Kim Jong Il. Desde las 0340 informaciones sobre el recorrido del Mariscal Kim Jong Un de una fábrica automotriz, Kim Jong Il como eterno secretario del Partido del Trabajo, informaciones de progresos médicos, mención a las cartas de la reunificación de la Patria coreana, noticias sobre la ex presidenta Surcoreana destituida, Reacción frente a la publicación de un informe acerca del estado de los Derechos Humanos en Norcorea. Luego se leen saludos y publicaciones de partidos internacionales. Desde las 0357 se emite un espacio musical. A las 0415 se lee un relato sobre literatura política. A las 0417, un nuevo espacio musical. SINPO: 45444 (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL- 660; ANT: Hilo de 20 metros de largo; QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 6165, North Korean jammer/Shiokaze-Furusato no Kaze 1357-1430+ 26 Oct. Jammer's carrier on by 1357 at least & burying Shiokaze/FnK until 1430 when the jammer shuts down, leaving Shiokaze clear with closing announcements (Dan Sheedy), Moonlight Beach, CA PL380/6m X wire, via Robert Wilkner, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. new 7295, via Taiwan. Thanks very much to Ralph Perry, who at 1300+, on Oct 31, was hearing a new UNID here. Appreciate his timely tip! Nippon no Kaze, on Nov 1, tuned in at 1303; in Korean; fair reception; schedule 1300-1330. Nov 2, checked at 1311; noted // 9465 // 9950. Furusato no Kaze ("Wind of Hometown"), on Nov 1; started at 1330; in Japanese. My audio at http://goo.gl/7dUZe8 Schedule 1330-1400. 7410, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze, via Yamata. Brief check at 1331, Nov 2 (Thursday), confirmed their normal English schedule today; extremely poor underneath strong CRI (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) JAPAN, Winter B-17 frequencies of JSR Shiokaze Sea Breeze 1300-1400 NF 7410*YAM 300 kW / 280 deg NEAs, ex 6040 A-17 as follows 1300-1330 Chinese Mo; Japanese Tu/Sa; Korean We/Fr/Su; English Th 1330-1400 Korean Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat; Japanese Tue/Sun; English Thu *1300-1400 on 7410 JIN 500 kW / 059 deg EaAs Japanese CRI co-channel 1405-1435 NF 6095 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg NEAs Japanese, ex 6165 A-17 1600-1700 NF 7335 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg NEAs, ex 6090 A-17 as follows 1600-1630 Chinese Mon; Japanese Tu/Sa; Korean Wed/Fri/Sun; English Th 1630-1700 Korean Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat; Japanese Tue/Sun; English Thu http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2017/11/winter-b-17-frequencies-of-jsr-shiokaze.html (SWLDXBulgaria News, November 3, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. Radio Free North Korea via BaBcoCk Tashkent on Nov 2: 1200-1300 on 9470 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, weak/fair http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/radio-free-north-korea-via-babcock.html Voice of Wilderness via BaBcoCk Tashkent on Nov 2 1330-1530 on 7625 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to NEAs Korean, fair/good http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/voice-of-wilderness-via-babcock.html North Korea Reform Radio via BaBcoCk Tashkent on Nov 2 1430-1530 on 7590 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, fair/good: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/north-korea-reform-radio-via-babcock.html (SWLDXBulgaria News, November 2, dxldyg via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. Radio Free North Korea via BaBcoCk Tashkent on Nov 7: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/reception-of-radio-free-north-korea-via.html Voice of Wilderness via BaBcoCk Tashkent on Nov.7 1330-1530 on 7625 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to NEAs Korean, fair/good http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/reception-of-voice-of-wilderness-via.html North Korea Reform Radio via BaBcoCk Tashkent on Nov.7 1430-1530 on 7590 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, fair/good: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/reception-of-north-korea-reform-radio.html Reception of Voice of Martyrs via BaBcoCk Tashkent, Nov.7 1530-1700 on 7510*TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean/English, weak: * QRM TWR on 7505 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Punjabi M-F till 1545 * and QRM on 7515 7515 unknown tx site to Eu Greek pirate R.Zeppelin http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/reception-of-voice-of-martyrs-via.html (SWLDXBulgaria News, November 7, dxldyg via DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH. AFN Korea has stopped operation from Seoul-Yongsan on 1530 kHz a couple of weeks ago. The 5 kW transmitter will be moved in a month to Camp Humphreys, which will then have a power raise from 1 to 5 kW on 1440 kHz (Mauno Ritola, ARC 27.10.2017, ARC mv-eko 6 November via DXLD) Camp Humphreys is located southwest of Seoul at the city of Pyeongtaek at the west coast. Much better location than in crowded Seoul. In 2019 the headquarters of US Army Korea shall be moved to Camp Humphreys (Bengt Ericson, ARC 27.10.2017, ARC mv-eko 6 November via DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH. 11810, KBS World Radio at 2232 with South Korean pop music and a man and woman with talk – Extremely Weak but the music was quite audible but rising to Fair by 2250 Nov 4 – As we move into the winter DX season this should become better heard (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) 15575. KBS. Noviembre 2. 0231-0300 UT. Vía Kimjae. Programa: “Corea a diario” con temas misceláneos hasta las 0236 cuando se emite una canción de balada. A las 0240 se emite: “Coreano en Dramas”. A las 0245 se emite: “Al son de Corea” con música folclórica con temática de amor como el caso de huida de esposos frente a un Rey furioso, o de una dama cortesana que enamoró a un noble, además de una pieza musical dedicada al amor entre una cortesana y un funcionario. A las 0259, se emite la despedida del servicio. SINPO: 35333. Comentario: La música suena mejor que la voz. 15575. KBS. Noviembre 5. 0200-0259 UT. Vía Kimjae. Noticias sobre declaraciones del Presidente de Corea del Sur sobre los lazos diplomáticos con Estados Unidos y Japón, junto a China. Informaciones sobre la visita del Presidente Trump a Corea del Sur y Asia. Ex Presidenta de Corea del Sur es expulsada de su partido “Libertad Corea”. Visita de Kim Jong Un a una planta de producción automotriz en Norcorea. Informaciones del Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos sobre designar a Corea del Norte como patrocinador del terrorismo. Luego noticias sobre el gasto social, la llegada de la antorcha olímpica de los Juegos de Invierno e información meteorológica. A las 0210 se emite: “Cine en la Radio” con la descripción de la película cómica acerca de la relación de dos hermanos, luego de la alusión a las películas más vistas en Corea. A las 0220 se emite la banda sonora de una película. A las 0225 se emite: “Buzón del Radioescucha” con las sugerencias de los cambios de frecuencias, luego se leen informes de recepción llegados por carta. A las 0232 se emite: “Literatura en audio: la vegetariana” con el relato del cuñado sobre la protagonista y la discusión con sus padres durante una comida. A las 0236 se emite la canción “Lo que te quiero decir”. A las 0240 se leen los informes llegados electrónicamente. A las 0250 se emite: “Corea en 5 minutos” con descripción sobre los programas de televisión que son más vistos, tales como los de cocina. Desde las 0257 se emite una canción como despedida del servicio. SINPO: 54444 con algo de interferencia de la emisora CNR-11 desde 15570. Desde las 0240 con SINPO: 44433 (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL- 660; ANT: Hilo de 20 metros de largo; QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH. KBS Global Korean Network was observed signing-on at 0950 UT yesterday (3 November 2017) on 1170 kHz, with five or so minutes of gayageum music followed by a choral version of the national anthem then an announcement in Korean with ID: "KBS Hanminjok Bangsong". From 1000 came four hours of KBS World programming (as detailed in the International section of the current WRTH) then from 1400 UT it ran its own Korean programming in parallel with the super- powered 972 kHz. Reception was fair to good via a web SDR receiver in Kagawa, Japan. My interest in this station was first piqued on 2 November when I heard it on 972 kHz via a web SDR in Hungary, with reception ranging from 'good' to complete fade-out then back again within minutes. 6015 kHz was heard in parallel, albeit very poor under heavy jamming. According to the North Korea Tech website http://www.northkoreatech.org the schedule for GKN is as follows: 0400-2400 UT on 972 & 6015 kHz 1000-0400 UT on 1170 kHz There is also a live stream accessible from the KBS website at http;//www.kbs.co.kr (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH [non]. New 3945, Echo of Unification, ex: 5905, at 1350, Nov 2. Hearing two stations here; in past was only "RN2, Radio Nikkei" (Japan) here; now QRMed by weaker EOU till RN2 signed off at 1401*, leaving EOU in the clear, but fairly weak signal; in Korean; broadcasting from DPRK to ROK. The EOU website, in Korean, at http://www.tongilvoice.com/ (seems not updated!). Thanks very much to Hiroyuki Komatsubara (Japan) for the timely alert. He heard them first on Nov 1 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Frequency change of Echo of Unification 0430-0630 NF 3945 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean, ex 5905 1230-1430 NF 3945 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean, ex 5905 2230-0030 NF 3945 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean, ex 5905 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/frequency-change-of-echo-of-unification.html (SWLDXBulgaria News, November 3, dxldyg via DXLD) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 7519.998, ARMENIA, Radyoya Denge Kurdistane, new from CJSC Yerevan Gavar center, as always muffled buzzy audio modulation, much worse quality than former Moldovian Radiotelecentr (PRTC) transmitter Grigoriopol Maiac service. S=9+20dB strength in southern Germany, opening procedure? at 0401 UT, Kurdistani national singer group in performance. Morning log of Nov 4, taken in southern Germany, as well as in Athens Greece and New Delhi remote SDR units [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. 15110, 250 kW/310 deg, Radio Kuwait, Oct 29, 1120 - First day of the B17 period. Nothing listed here for A17 in DRM, and I did a Google search and found that Kuwait has used this frequency years ago. IDing as 'DRM Service A', with bits of Arabic coming through. Wonder her else might still be out there in DRM! Not a single other DRM signal found on a quick bandscan. Improving, as I expected, post LSR with mostly demodulated, and confirmed Arabic. Thanks to Wolfgang Bueschel who provided the updated information (scheduled 0945-1325). 15110, 250 kW/310 deg, Radio Kuwait, Oct 31, 1209 - Mostly good decoding of Radio Kuwait's Arabic General service. DRM Service A is the ID, at 1700 kbps in Stereo (Walt Salmaniw, PEI DX-pedition, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non] 15540, Radio Kuwait, Oct 29, 1917 - Pretty good copy, but with drop outs lasting a fraction of a second, but making listening unpleasant. About the year 1997 and being a good Muslim. A non- professional sounding announcer/story teller. Also listed as DRM Service A. I agree that a very good analogue signal trumps DRM in most circumstances! At same time, found their Arabic service in DRM on 13650, but only rarely demodulating anything. The only other DRM transmission I could see at this time was on 7235 from Romania, but despite being very strong, would not demodulate consistently (Walt Salmaniw, PEI DX-pedition, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Winter B-17 active frequencies of MOI Radio Kuwait 0500-0800 on 11970 KBD 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English DRM (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via DXLD) Has anyone really confirmed this? Used to have morning English block on AM years ago (gh, DXLD) See below MOI Radio Kuwait reactivated its Holy Quran Sce in Arabic in AM mode, Nov 1 1015-1600 on 11629.8 KBD 250 kW / 230 deg to CeAf, strong co-ch 1430- 1457 RVA Urdu. 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) MOI Radio Kuwait reactivated its Holy Quran Sce in AM mode, Nov 1 1015-1600 11629.8*KBD 250 kW / 230 deg to CeAf Arabic and strong co-ch 1430-1457 11630.0 SMG 250 kW / 089 deg to SoAs Urdu Radio Veritas Asia * same tx 7249.8 KBD 250 kW / non-dir to WeAs Persian Sce 0800-1000 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/moi-radio-kuwait-reactivated-its-holy.html (SWLDXBulgaria News, November 1, dxldyg via DXLD) Reception of MOI Radio Kuwait GS and HQ in AM mode on Nov 2 1100-1315 on 9749.8*KBD 250 kW / 286 deg NEAf Arabic General Sce 1355-1600 on 11629.8#KBD 250 kW / 230 deg CeAf Arabic Holy Qur'an * plus co-ch 9750.0 YAM 300 kW / 290 deg EaAs Japanese RJ NHK World # plus co-ch 11630.0 TRM 125 kW / 045 deg EaAs Chinese AWR KSDA 14-15 # plus co-ch 11630.0 SMG 250 kW / 089 deg SoAs Urdu RVA 1430-1457 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/reception-of-moi-radio-kuwait-gs-and-hq.html (SWLDXBulgaria News, November 2, dxldyg via DXLD) Good signal of MOI Radio Kuwait General Service in AM mode on Nov.2 1100-1600 on 9749.8*KBD 250 kW / 286 deg to NEAf Arabic Gen.Sce, instead of 1015-1600 on 11629.8 KBD 250 kW / 230 deg to CeAf Arabic Holy Quran on Nov.1 *1100-1500 on 9750.0 YAM 300 kW / 290 deg to EaAs Japanese R.Japan NHK World Videos will be added later today -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) KUWAIT and VATICAN, MOI Radio Kuwait and Vatican Radio on 7250v, Nov 5 0800-1000 7249.8*KBD 250 kW / non-dir WeAs Persian MOI Radio Kuwait *0810-0920 7250.0 SMG 250 kW / 050 deg EaEu Romanian Sun Vatican Radio http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/moi-radio-kuwait-and-vatican-radio-on.html (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Approx. 11969.78 kHz visible a 10 kHz wideband block in DRM digital mode from Radio Kuwait at 0738 UT, 05-08 UT requested towards SoAS ITU zone 41, in range 11964.78 to 11974.78 kHz. S=8-9 signal strength, both in Doha Qatar and Delhi India remote units. [supposed to be in English – gh] 15515even, Arabic talk service of Radio Kuwait, S=6-7 signal sidelobe in Delhi, azimuth is 59degrees towards central northern Asia target in ITU zones 43 and 45. 0747 UT on Nov 3. 15110 drm mode block, S=9+30dB at 0947 Nov 3. 15104.5 to 15114.7 kHz. 7249.860, Radio Kuwait Persian sce scheduled 08-10 UT, non-directional #935 HQ 1/0.4 antenna, noted weak signals in Delhi, Athens, Italy, and Hungary servers. S=4-5 just on threshold level. 0945 UT Nov 3 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3, BC-DX 03 Nov via DXLD) 15540, R Kuwait, Kabd. NOV 3 1830 - English Service DRM, news read by female announcer, weather forecast at 1838. Airport Safety PSA announcement from Ministry of Interior then pop music from 1840. 95% solid decode -- 73, (Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55, WinRadio G33DDC, RFSpace NetSDR locked to Thunderbolt GPS 10 mHz reference, ALA100LN 4'x26' loop, http://www.swldx.us dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Reception of MOI Radio Kuwait General Sce in AM mode Nov 5 1055-1325 on 9749.8*KBD 250 kW / 286 deg to NEAf Arabic General Sce * plus co-ch 9750.0 YAM 300 kW / 290 deg to EaAs Japanese RJ NHK World http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/reception-of-moi-radio-kuwait-general.html Reception of MOI Radio Kuwait Holy Qur'an in AM mode on Nov 5 1355-1600 on 11629.8#KBD 250 kW / 230 deg CeAf Arabic Holy Qur'an # plus co-ch 11630.0 TRM 125 kW / 045 deg EaAs Chinese AWR KSDA 14-15 # plus co-ch 11630.0 SMG 250 kW / 089 deg to SoAs Urdu RVA 1430-1457 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/reception-of-moi-radio-kuwait-holy.html (SWLDXBulgaria News, November 5 via DXLD) ** KYRGYZSTAN. 4010, 18.10.17, 1530-1559, R. Liberty, via Bishkek, Kyrgyz: 25332 PR = (Rumen Pankov, Sofia (Bulgaria). RX: Sony ICF2001D. ANT: Folded Marconi antenna own made, Oct DX Fanzine via DXLD) Details missing. First time I hear of R. Liberti via Bishkek (Antonello Napolitano, Italy, ed., ibid.) KYRGYZ REPUBLIC, 4010.218, String instrument music local central Asian flavour heard at 0040 UT Nov 3, both in Germany S=9+20dB and in remote India unit. But suffered a little bit by nearby ute fast highspeed CW/RTTY like sound on 4007.88 and 4008.12 kHz signal peaks pair. 240 Hertz apart distance [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4010.183, KGZ, Birinchi Radio, Krasnaya Rechka, Bishkek, program of like Gregorian Russian chorus at 0010 UT Nov 4, S=9+15dB. Morning log of Nov 4, taken in southern Germany, as well as in Athens Greece and New Delhi remote SDR units [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LIBERIA. Liberian religious station Radio ELWA was observed on 6050 kHz from 0555 UT tune-in today (1 November 2017). Programming was in US-accented English and reception (via web SDR receiver in Asferg, Denmark) was initially weak and noisy, though slightly improving enough to make out the IDs at 0615 & 0630 UT: "Eternal Love Winning Africa, this is Radio E-L-W-A". There was no trace of HCJB Voice of the Andes on the frequency at this time, nor any other interference. YouTube has a 15-minute clip of ELWA's inaugural broadcast on 18 January 1954 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBtIsDsoNKA (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6050, 1 kW, ELWA, Nov 2 0525 - Fairly good reception with the famous ELWA IS starting a few seconds after 0525. Continued until 0528:30. 'This is ELWA,...,6050 on the 49 meter band'. Some splatter noted, but as this was an unattended recording, not sure whether from the high or low side, or both. American gospel music at 0530:40 (Statler Brothers, 'Turn your radio on'.). Another ELWA ID at 0533:20. Improved over the first 30 minutes or so, corresponding to LSR in Monrovia, then gradual fade. Gone by 0730 (Walt Salmaniw, PEI DX-pedition, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADAGASCAR. 17640, 1853 6 NOV - MWV AFRICAN PATHWAYS R. in ENGLISH. SINPO = 45323. English, Sounds like a live male piano player who is also singing an inspirational tune. S/off at 1857z right after the song ends and artist says “thank you very much!” with the audience clapping, then several seconds of silence and carrier drops. QSB=Moderate-to-rapid rate; strong modulation mostly well above the noise floor with occasional fades to mixing with it for very short duration. Recording: https://youtu.be/TqxkHocCyf4 sf71.3, a2, k0, geomag: inactive. 1 kw, Omni, bearing 172 . Sangean ATS505 with MFJ-1020C active antenna and MFJ-901B tuner used to preselect ~75 feet of rain gutter running north/south. Received in Plymouth, MN, United States. Local time: 1253. 73s (--Rodney Johnson, http://swldx.tumblr.com/ dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 820, Nov 1 at 1300 UT, the only Mexican NA I find in a quick scan of the lower band is here, barely, with WBAP nulled. Probably XEABCA, Mexicali, still on DST where it`s 6 am (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 6185, Nov 1 at 0631, S9 open carrier, no doubt XEPPM, not turned off at 0600, ex-0500* as most of Mexico has quit DST Oct 29, refusing to follow yanqui imperialistic expansion another week --- except along the border where it matters. Timeanddate.com describes the areas staying on DST until Nov 5: ``Baja California, much of Chihuahua, much of Tamaulipas, much of Nuevo León``. Surely they don`t really mean all of BCN and BCS? I would also quibble with NL, which has only a very small border strip with Tejas of about 8 miles, just upriver from Laredos. Why did that happen? No town, but just a road connexion onto Mexican Highway 2, via a toll bridge and 2-lane toll road on the US side as spur off I-35. Yes, I digress, but dead air can lead to some interesting facts. 6185, Nov 2 at 0603, XEPPM is still on with drama in Spanish, as nominal closure is around midnight local, now UT -6. Off by recheck at 0614, not only modulation but carrier too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week --- [no TV] More obscure IFT filings reveal more frequency changes on the horizon. I have found 11 more of these. All clear the Article 90 reserved band as much as possible. Asterisks denote 400 kHz spacing. For completeness, the previously discovered XHACA move is also added. XHADA Ensenada BC - 106.9 to 104.1 XHETOR Matamoros Coah. - 107.5 to 99.9* XHYW Mérida Yuc. - 106.7 to 98.9* XHTH Palizada Camp. - 106.5 to 105.7 XHTW Tampico Tamps. - 107.1 to 94.9* XHVK Gómez Palacio Dgo. - 106.7 to 96.7* XHERJ Mazatlán Sin. - 107.5 to 105.1 XHTNT Los Mochis Sin. - 106.5 to 100.5 [but, but it`s branded Radio 65!!! Also exploding on MW 650 --- gh] XHOX Cd. Obregón Sin. - 106.5 to 99.3 XHXT Tepic Nay. - 107.3 to 105.7 XHEMAX Tecomán Col. - 106.1 to 105.3 XHSK Ruiz Nay. - 106.7 to 100.7 Additionally, these stations either have no authorization available for further details or were already detailed here. XHIR Cd. Valles, SLP - 106.1 XHRTM Macuspana, Tab. - 107.7 XHACA Acapulco Gro. - 106.3 to 96.1 The IFT will not move a station unless it can provide the same coverage/technical characteristics on a new frequency, so power levels and classes will not be changing. It also will not move stations like XHEPQ where international coordination is a factor. Last edited by Raymie; 11-05-2017 at 02:46 AM (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, originally Nov 3, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) FIRST ON THE MEXICO BEAT: MULTIMEDIOS RADIO TIPS ITS IFT-4 PLANS Multimedios Radio made out with six stations in IFT-4. For five of them, their format fate has been determined. Recent redesigns of the La Caliente and Hits FM (incomplete) sites have led to all but one station being added to the pages of those formats. La Caliente, as is typical with MM, enters into all of the new markets that will be served, on these stations: XHPMAZ-FM 92.1 Mazatlán XHPUGC-FM 96.3 Úrsulo Galván, Ver. XHPALV-FM 100.9 Alto Lucero-Xalapa, Ver. (listed as Xalapa) Úrsulo Galván is on the coast halfway between Xalapa and Veracruz Puerto. No doubt that it will be a DX target next year. Alto Lucero is northeast of Xalapa. Both towns are getting their first stations, though in the case of Alto Lucero it looks like MM is aiming for the state capital. Accounts for LaCaliente963 and LaCaliente1009 were created in September on Twitter with no profile images, or indeed, no followers at the present time. LaCaliente921 already exists for the Ensenada station, so LaCalienteMzt was created - this one does have an image ready. All three have Facebook pages, with 43, 13, and 2 likes, respectively. Hits FM rides into two markets: XHPCTN-FM 88.3 Compostela-Tepic XHPCCC-FM 103.3 Cd. Cuauhtémoc (on air October 25!) MM stripped GRD, its affiliate, of the Hits FM brand recently, prompting XHDT to become "Like 98.3 FM". You had to know this was coming — I did as early as July. https://twitter.com/RaymieX/status/888609745723998209 (XHPCCC also has its social accounts up and running.) As for Compostela-Tepic, given the fact that MM is aiming for Tepic, this makes sense because of XHXT airing La Caliente. However, today's revelations leave listeners in Ensenada still in the dark. Hits FM is still the most likely format for 94.7 XHPENS-FM, given that XHHC is already airing La Caliente (Raymie, Nov 3, ibid.) Mazatlán is down an AM station. A concession renewal application reveals that one of the Combos of '94 has said sayonara to AM. On June 1, Radio XEVU, S.A. de C.V., formally surrendered 720 AM XEVU after forty years. (Page 4) http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/conocenos/pleno/sesiones/acuerdoliga/pift050717383.pdf (Raymie, Nov 5, ibid.) Another radio controversy has emerged in Mexican public radio. This time, it's XHUPC-FM that's the focus of the spotlight. @RadioIPN on Twitter released a blistering statement https://twitter.com/RadioIPN/status/927295398963765248 today in which it is stated that El Politécnico en Radio was "handed over" to Radio UNAM and UAM Radio management, with not a single politécnico running the IPN's station and the culture of the 80-year- old polytechnic institute being "kidnapped" as a result. Apparently, Jesús Ramos Subirachs, who had run the station for 20 years, was totally boxed out of the naming of the station's new administration, including Georgina Tapia Mejía, former Head of Planning at Radio UNAM, Arfaxad Ortíz (also of Radio UNAM), and UAM Radio's Magdalena Mares. On October 6, all the locks were changed at the station, and the personnel on duty were treated "as if they were criminals", according to this statement, which demands that the president and Secretary of Public Education Aurelio Nuño do something to return the station to the IPN community. This is the first tweet from the @RadioIPN account, which had been the station's official Twitter account, in nearly a month. The station's website is little more than a placeholder at the present time. The Facebook has similarly been inactive (Raymie, Nov 5, ibid.) Yarrrrrrrrr! A pirate has washed ashore in Toluca...and no, it's not unlicensed! It's Capital Pirata FM Toluca http://www.capitalpirata.mx/toluca/ — the fourth Pirata FM and the first new one since CapitalMedia acquired the format — operating on 89.3 MHz, which began sailing the airwaves on Monday. This is second-wave migrant XECH-AM 1040, which had previously carried the Radio Capital talk format. The new FM callsign is XHCH-FM, and it is broadcasting with 3,000 watts (all second-wave migrants are Class A). (Raymie, Nov 8, ibid.) The IFT is a pretty paper-heavy organization. All filings are still done on paper, which has implications for the speed and quantity of information available through the agency. (It also makes it difficult if you live in a remote area and, for instance, want a radio station, to file the appropriate documents, because going to Mexico City is lengthy and costly.) Today, the IFT's Strategic Planning Coordinator, Aldo Sánchez, said at an event that next year the IFT is slated to implement an online filing system and eventually electronic signatures. https://twitter.com/IFT_MX/status/928685379846332418 [tagline, disclaimer as on fed PSAs:] Este programa es público, ajeno a cualquier partido político. Queda prohibido el uso para fines distintos a los establecidos en el programa (Raymie, Nov 9, ibid.) ** MOLDOVA. PROGRAMMES IN NON-ROMANIAN LANGUAGES ON MOLDOVA ACTUALITATSI --- According to https://www.trm.md/ro/program-actualitati/ Moldova Actualitatsi (Chisinau Codru 873 kHz. Cahul, Edinet 1494 kHz) carries these special programmes that might be of particular interest for international listeners (times given in UT; local times are UT+2). Programmes produced by the Moldowan service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Mo 1915-1945 dialogue programme for Transnistria in Russian and 2030-2100 in Romanian https://www.trm.md/ro/dialoguri-transnistrene/ Sa 1825-1855 week in review in Romanian and 2130-2200 in Russian So 1825-1855 in Romanian programmes of Teleradio Moldova in languages other than Moldovan/Romanian: daily 0700, 0900, 1200, 1600 News of different length in Russian Mo-Fr 1815-1855 minority programmes Mo Gagauz https://www.trm.md/ro/unda-bugeacului/ Tu Romani https://www.trm.md/ro/vocea-romilor/ 1835 Russian https://www.trm.md/ro/spatiul-culturii/ We Belarussian https://www.trm.md/ro/izvorul-belorus/ 1835 Russian https://www.trm.md/ro/casa-ruseasca/ Th Ukrainian https://www.trm.md/ro/renastere/ Fr Bulgarian https://www.trm.md/ro/radiomegdan/ Mo-Fr 1900-1930 Mo only until 1915 news magazine in Russian https://www.trm.md/ro/microfonul-actual-aktualnyiy-mikrofon/ (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 1 November 2017, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thanks. Those RFE/RL ones are also in IBB RMS. 73, (Mauno Ritola, ibid.) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 5960, 15.10.17, 0115-0125, USA, Mighty KBC, via WRMI Okeechobee, English: Song “Slow Down” by the Beatles. QRM from China. 53533 PR = (Rumen Pankov, Sofia (Bulgaria). RX: Sony ICF2001D. ANT: Folded Marconi antenna own made, Oct DX Fanzine via DXLD) No, it`s not, but via Nauen, GERMANY. We suggested they could do better serving N America via WRMI, but they refused (gh, DXLD) 5960, GERMANY, Nauen 125 kW/310 deg, The Mighty KBC, Oct 29 0026 - Excellent reception into the east coast of Canada (PEI). S9 + 10, despite using antennae cut more for TA MW DXing (Walt Salmaniw, PEI DX-pedition, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The Mighty KBC broadcast to North America Sunday 0000-0200 UT on 5960 kHz, for several weeks, has been good to very good. No VOT B17 clash as predicted. Other stations close-by 5960 are WRMI on 5950 and AWR Europe on 5970 kHz, but neither are causing any problems to the Mighty KBC. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, VA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The sloppy way TRT operates, it`s always a risk (gh, DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND [and non]. Reception of Radio NZ Pacific in AM Nov 7: 0459-0758 on 11725 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to All Pacific English, fair 0759-1058 on 9765 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to All Pacific English, poor 1059-1258 on 11610 RAN 100 kW / 325 deg to NoWePac/PNG English, good 1259-1650 on 7355*RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to All Pacific English, good * and co-ch Turkish Civil Defense Network on same 7355 kHz USB mode! http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/reception-of-radio-new-zealand-pacific.html (SWLDXBulgaria News, November 7, dxldyg via DXLD) ** NICARAGUA. 8989-USB, Radio El Buen Pescador at 2310, preacher in Spanish, many “hallelujah” and some “señor” and “Cristo”. - Fair, Nov 6 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in my car, by the lake. Using a CommRadio CR-1a and Sony AN-1 active whip antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. Bodo, DF8DX will be in Nigeria 12-16 November 2017. He will take some equipment to be QRV again as 5N7Q. If you hear him with big signal, then he is QRV from the transmitting station at Voice Of Nigeria in Abuja. source: https://dx-world.net/5n7q-nigeria/ -------------------------------- vy73 (Harald DL1ABJ Kuhl, BDXC_UK yg via DXLD) 7254.92, VoN, Abuja. Nov 1 *0559 - Drumming, man in Hausa with "Nigeriaaaa!" at 0600, announcements, news. Excellent -- 73, (Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55, WinRadio G33DDC, RFSpace NetSDR locked to Thunderbolt GPS 10 MHz reference, ALA100LN 4'x26' loop, http://www.swldx.us --- dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 7254.938, Voice of Nigeria in scheduled English service S=7-8 signal. But suffers a lot of co-channel CRI Turkish from 500 kW Kunming powerhouse. 1900-1957 UT [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 1, dxldyg via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6950-USB, Oct 31 at 2336, pirate music with heavy pulsing beat; S9+15. YL inserts comment about Facebook; 2340 she says something about weapons restrixions, as I find the music sounds better when tuned to 6950.12-USB; 2345 she says, ``Happy -u-k-n Hallowe`en, from Clever Name Radio``. Many more logs here: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,38415.0.html Seems it started this frequency at 2335 and was off by 0008 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6935-USB, Oct 31 at 2337, pirate music at S9+25. Finally at 2354, ``Wolverine Radio`` ID. Many2 more logs here, and SSTV images on a HW theme: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,38406.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 4065-USB, Nov 1 at 0118, pirate music; axually sounds better at 4064.989, DJ sounds like Dick Weed, conversing with someone, so must be Radio Free What-Ever; 0130 more talk, mentioning having listened to Wolverine, but conditions bad on 6.9 MHz band so moved down here; 0148 still going. I find this in normal bandscanning, when there is no activity on 6.9 band, and would alert others to this seldom-active pirate frequency, but HFUs were already reporting it from all over North America: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,38418.0.html None of them mention QRM from beacon NZ or ZN. See my separate unID log (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6960, Nov 1 at 2336, JBA carrier; also one at 2337 on 4065, as I am hunting for pirates. Anything reported there? Not today, but yesterday on 6960: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,38403.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6945-USB, Nov 3 at 2300, pirate rock music; 2337 usual canned YL ID as Clever Name Radio, rap. Many more logs of: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,38480.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6940-USB, Nov 4 at 2141, music and swiftly ``Wolverine Radio`` ID, S8-S5. Uplooked later, one of these logs says it went off at 2229: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,38516.0.html Not having seen that yet, 6940-USB, still going (presumably same station) at 2244, and next check 2310, but off by 2322. No, that`s now Moonlight Radio, per: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,38525.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6945-USB, Nov 6 at 2215, pirate music, 2220 bells and YL announcement, poor, off at 2224. I was about to take a nap holding only the PL-880 with no external antenna. Recheck at 2231 a bit more music and off again. Now on the NRD at 2318, and 2328, pumping pirate disco music. These logs say it`s Clever Name Radio, not surprisingly, with similar on/off notes: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,38581.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. Wednesday, November 1, 2017, 0044, 4065 usb. "Smoke another cigarette and pour yourself another shot of vodka. This is Radio free Whatever." s9 steady (Will-MD) [WORLD OF RADIO 1903] Saturday, October 28, 2017, 2322, 6935 usb. Metal music, "Girls Girls Girls" by Motley Crue. Cut abruptly at 2325 with Clever Name Radio ID. Mercury Theater "War of the Worlds" started at 2326. Good signal, s7/s9. (Will-MD) ___ |\_/| ___ / \_ |` '| _/ \ / \/ \/ \ / \ \/\/\/\ _____ /\/\/\/ \/ \/ (Larry Will, 28723 Ridge Road, Mount Airy, MD 21771, radio@zappahead.net Icom IC-R75 with G5RV, Tecsun PL-600, PL-660, random wires, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. Hi Glenn, You were asking about the name "Gally" for the NDB station RG on 350 kHz. It is the name of the outer marker used for instrument approaches for the runway 35R at Will Rogers Airport. RG functions as a LOM, or Locator Outer Marker. It enables a pilot to find the 75 MHz outer marker station, which has a fairly narrow beamwidth, and is pointed straight up, making them difficult to locate on their own. It transmits a continuous string of dashes without any other ID. These are two components of an Instrument Landing System, or ILS. The other two signals are the localizer (runway centerline), which operates between 108 and 113 MHz. I'm not that sure of the upper limit frequency though. For this particular runway, the frequency is 110.9 MHz, and the ID is IRGR. The other signal is the glide slope, which operates around 300 MHz. This system is seeing less use these days due to GPS navigation. If you put this on DXLD, I'm sure actual pilots will have something to add (or correct) in this. I looked up the runway information at: http://www.pilotnav.com 73, (Steve Zimmerman, Milwaukee, WI, Nov 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Steve, Tnx for the interesting info. I am still wondering about Gally --- where the name comes from; is it unique to this Will Rogers facility, or a generic term used at other airports? (Glenn to Steve, via DXLD) Hi Glenn, As far as the name goes, I don't really know about its origins. It's possible that it could refer to someone named Galley. I'm sure it's unique to Will Rogers World Airport. Some names have vowels removed in order to meet the five-letter limit, e.g. "Pnthr" (227 SQ Connersville, IN) or "Chrlz" (335 BK, Brookings, SD). I think Bill Hepburn's webpage is where I found out about the five-letter names. I believe the names are intended to be unique to minimize the possibility of confusion during radio communications. Some have significance, such as 275 DE, in Decatur, IL. Its name is "Elwin," named for the town outside of Decatur, near where the station is actually located. "Mawoc" (362 MT) is just a contraction of Manitowoc, WI, while names like "Mindi" (272 LS), or "Gilmy" (275 RF) are a mystery to me. The name serves as a reporting point for a pilot to report their position to the control tower, e.g. (Approach Control to pilot): "Maintain two-six-hundred feet until established on the localizer. Contact the tower 119.35 at Gally." Sorry I couldn't be more specific about Gally. I tried poking around in Wikipedia to no avail. Hope this helps, (Steve Zimmerman, ibid.) Many beacons are disappearing from the airwaves as the FAA modernizes non-precision approaches using GPS instead of the beacons. ILS 75 MHz marker beacons and LOM (Locator Outer Marker) MW signals are also an endangered species. [and non] NavCanada is likely to keep NDBs going longer due to the many remote airports whose only connection to the outside world is via plane. Aircraft still use the beacons to home on the airport as a vital backup to GPS (Paul Dobosz, MI? MARE Tipsheet 3 Nov via DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. KCLI, Clinton – 10/31 0850 [EDT = 1250 UT] – On 1319.96 kHz; up and down with sports talk; legal ID at 0859:48 by man: “Sooner sports all season long on 97.3 FM and AM 1320 The Score – Sports Talk for western Oklahoma KCLI-AM and ??? HD4 Clinton”; Fox Sports ensued at 0900. Apparently new format, ex-Talk. Fair and somewhat separable on LSB. They’ve been operating on this frequency for many years (Johno Wilkins, CO, NRC DX News Nov 13, published Nov 5, via DXLD) ** OMAN. 15140, Radio Sultanate of Oman, Oct 29 1410 - Very good reception with S7 to S9 signal with non-descript non-Arabic music. A shame, as I'm sure I'd listen more often if they played more indigenous programming, especially as they are one of very few Arabic countries broadcasting in English, and with a decent signal. No announcements while I listened (Walt Salmaniw, PEI DX-pedition, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. UNID on 1381.22 kHz --- This morning (Nov 2) I heard an UNID, probably LA station on 1381.22 kHz at 0632. Very weak signal, condx were already over (30 minutes after our sunrise) and after a while the station completely disappeared. Probably OAX2W Atahualpa from Peru? Playing LA music, on my recording there is 30 secs of this music, nothing more. (Heard in the middle of Europe). (Karel Honzik, Czechia, Nov 2, MWCircle yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DXLD) Hi Karel, thanks for pointing out this! I have just listened to my recording and found a station with Peruvian music and some talk, I have a weak signal starting from 0500. I have been lucky enough to find an ID at 0507. The station is Radio Campesina, Cajamarca. You can hear the identification at the beginning of my clip. 73 (Valter Comuzzi, Italy, ibid.) Hi Valter, many thanks for your surprising info! So this Radio Campesina on 1381.22 kHz is ex 1400 kHz (OAU2H) and Radio Atahualpa in Cajamarca is inactive. Radio Campesina is here including stream: http://radiocampesina.pe/ (Karel, ibid.) Hi Karel, it's a fantastic catch, thanks to you! I wouldn't have tuned on 1381 without you pointing it out! Collaboration is fundamental in these occasions. Here are two better clips from the MCDXT remote PC in Piancada (south of Udine near the sea) 73 and good DX! (Valter, ibid.) ** PERU. 4764.06, R Huanta 2000, Huanta. OCT 31 *2243 - noted s/on at 2243:32, poor in CODAR but improved slightly by 0020, female talk. Audio lost at 0030 R Progreso s/on. Noted R Haunta with 0100:21* s/off. 4764.11, R Huanta 2000, Huanta. OCT 31 *1046 - on with music in progress, man with ID at 1050 and back to Andean pop vocal with flutes. Signal started at almost fair levels but slowly fading as Huanta sunrise was at 1023, and drifted down to 4764.09 by the time I lost the carrier after 1130. 73, (Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55, WinRadio G33DDC, RFSpace NetSDR locked to Thunderbolt GPS 10 MHz reference, ALA100LN 4'x26' loop, http://www.swldx.us --- dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4764.050, Huanta, Radio Huanta 2000, Nov 2 2244 - Crash sign-on, as reported by Jordan, noted here at crash sign-on at 2243. Poor only, as it's weak, and marred by the lower end of a CODAR frequency range. Just barely audible only. Improving as I continue to listen towards the TOH. At the TOH, just noted also an adjacent 4765, which likely is Tajikistan. It's a wobbly transmitter, as I can see it varying between 4764.044 and .060 (Walt Salmaniw, PEI DX-pedition, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4764.08, R Huanta 2000, Huanta. NOV 5 *1047 - s/on at 1047:26 with music in progress, woman with 'dos mil dos mil dos mil", canned ID by man, Andean music -- 73, (Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55, http://www.swldx.us dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4774.90, R Tarma, Tarma. OCT 31 0200 - poor signal in CODAR, mainly music, occasional male announcer until 0202:32* s/off. 4774.90, R Tarma, Tarma. OCT 31 *0947 - s/on at 0947:16, flutes, male announcer. Poor signal in CODAR, improving steadily toward 1031 sunrise in Tarma. By 1020 the signal had improved to good levels with many back to backs vocals, DJ with ID and TC at 1042 and back to music as signal slowly faded -- 73, (Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55, WinRadio G33DDC, RFSpace NetSDR locked to Thunderbolt GPS 10 MHz reference, ALA100LN 4'x26' loop, http://www.swldx.us --- dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also BRAZIL for a station 30 Hz away ** PERU. 4810.00, R Logos, Chazuta. OCT 31 0300 - generally good signal, back to back religious vocals until last song ended at 0329, the transmitter cut off at 0339:00*. 4810.00, R Logos, Chazuta. OCT 31 *1010 - s/on at 1010:13, brief ID by man directly into vocals. Signal improved from fair to excellent S7 levels around Chazuta 1038 sunrise. Long ID, TC, telephone number by man at 1037 by followed by a nice Andean vocal. Excellent signal and music despite the CODAR spoiler -- 73, (Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55, WinRadio G33DDC, RFSpace NetSDR locked to Thunderbolt GPS 10 MHz reference, ALA100LN 4'x26' loop, http://www.swldx.us --- dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU [and non]. 5980, Oct 31 at 2332, R. Chaski carrier is again quite audible amid the QRDRM from ROMANIA, until autocutoff at 2333:58*, which is a hefty 7.5 seconds later than last night until 2333:50.5*. RRI has run DRM now for three nights in a row on this frequency it shows as non-DRM, so hardly seems accidental; plus, switches to AM before 0000 for the Spanish hour which follows (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5980. R. CHASKI. Noviembre 2. 2312-2333 UT. Devocional “El camino de la vida” hasta las 2324. Luego espacio de canticos. Desde las 2327 avisos de “Red Radio Integridad”, espacio de música instrumental y luego ID de la “Red Radio Integridad” de Lima, Perú. A las 2330 se emite el programa “Momento decisivo” hasta la salida del aire a las 2333. SINPO: 55444 (Claudio Galaz; RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Dipolo; QTH: Ovalle, IV región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) So he had absolutely no QRM or QRDRM from Romania! (gh, DXLD) 5980, Nov 3 at 2332, R. Chaski, JBA carrier amid resumed RRI DRM, until autocutoff at 2334:18.5*, which is 20.5 seconds later than last catch a tri-nite ago, Oct 31 until 2333:58*, averaging 6.83 seconds later per. A smoother average, compared to first log of current cycle, which was Oct 1 until 2330:31* --- 33 days ago and 227.5 seconds earlier = 6.894 seconds each, rather than the ~6.72 I was expecting. Perhaps the slippage rate is itself slipping. 5980, Nov 4 at 2331, no trace of AM carrier from R. Chaski amid the DRM noise from Romania, which so far has not been an obstacle. Maybe reset autocutoff earlier already than 2334+*, not propagating, or just off today. Further chex will show (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. PHILIPPINE CATHOLICS FEAR SILENCING OF 54 RADIO STATIONS –0- 27/10/2017 08:29 By: by Mark Saludes http://www.signis.net/news/media/27-10-2017/philippine-catholics-fear-silencing-of-54-radio-stations Philippines, October, 27th, 2017 (Ucan). At least 54 radio stations under the country's Catholic Media Network (CMN) will be affected by the government's failure to renew its operating license application before the last one expired on Aug. 7. The Philippines House of Representatives has failed to renew the license of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) to operate dozens of radio stations across the country. An application to renew the license was lodged in January as the previous one expired on Aug. 7. The application, which sought the extension of the license, or franchise, for another 25 years, remains stuck at the committee level of the Lower House of Congress. Philippine law requires radio and television networks to have a franchise, which is granted through legislation by Congress, to be able to operate. The franchise granted to the CBCP was last renewed in 1992. The CMN-affiliated radio stations' broadcasts reach 11 regions and 35 provinces of the country. It is the largest broadcaster in the Philippines in terms of the total number of stations and transmitting power per station. Radyo Veritas, a radio station operated by the Manila Archdiocese, has a separate franchise that was renewed during the previous administration. Father Jerome Secillano, executive secretary of the public affairs committee of the bishops' conference, said he is not discounting politics as the reason for the failure of the franchise renewal, especially because Catholic Church leaders have been vocal in criticizing President Rodrigo Duterte. "It's sad that politics could get in the way of our democratic processes," said the priest, adding that "it may be one reason why Congress didn't renew the franchise." Father Secillano, however, said the real losers were the people who relied on the service. "It's the voice of the people and our search for truth that's being undermined by Congress," said the priest. Despite the non-renewal of its franchise, several Catholic radio stations continue to operate (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. 9879, Nov 4 at 1322 W&M conversing in Korean, seems like VOA, but horrible modulation and carrier extremely broken up, audible on the LSB, not USB side of this approx. frequency. At 1329 // 9800 and a matching spur on 9721 to its USB, not LSB. Fundamental 9800 is itself in good condition; 1300-1500, 250 kW, 21 degrees from Tinang. None of them audible, but listed victims during this bihour on 9880 are RRI, CRI and KBS; on 9720 BSKSA maybe, DW via UAE, and from 1430 IBB itself, Khmer via Tinian. 1447 recheck, 9879 much weaker, 9800 with music, but 9720 with something else talking, presumably Tinian as above (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PORTUGAL [and non]. Portugal / pips --- Portugal should be an easy country since there is not much land along the route to coastal North America. The route is often enough away from the auroral zone that signals can slide through even though absorption significantly reduces stations from northern and eastern Europe. Certainly adjacent Spain is well represented on the dial most early evenings here, so what about Portugal? Those of you who DX'ed from the eastern US and Canada in the '70s remember booming signals from 665/666 (old plan / new plan), 719/720, 755/756, 782/783, 1034/1035, and others. 719 and 755 were car radio regulars for me during sunset homeward commutes on Boston's elevated Central Artery (that was later buried as the Big Dig / Tip O'Neill Tunnel). What happened since is that the power levels of most Portuguese stations were downgraded significantly. Some, like 1035, a former blaster, went dark altogether. I did have a fair opening that way on 2 NOV at 2200 UT. Reviewing my recordings I found a fair-peaks signal on 666: https://app.box.com/s/gfhbobg66dh4d64yggos2l072iz018bq Top-of-hour time pips are "4+1", in this case four longer ones and one short one. These are lower in pitch than the "5+1" (five shorter and one longer) pips characteristic of many other stations, most notably the RNE Spain affiliates. Parallels on 630 and 720 were also logged at that time. 630 has the 4+1 pips under WPRO. https://app.box.com/s/pw0jue7nex3cqkaxggbderf4j1rpy9md On 720, it's kind of noisy but the pips stand out. https://app.box.com/s/zm37wdsd3toh3k4ye23flqqigxhl5c5e Interestingly on 720 an hour earlier, the 5+1 higher pitch pips of RNE Canary Islands predominated. The same results for RNE Canaries at 2100 UT and Portugal at 2200 repeated several other nights on 720. Since there is no serious 720 domestic activity until WGN and occasionally WRZN start coming up after 2200, that channel is kind of a free-fire zone for international DX from about an hour before sunset until after 2200 UT / 5 p.m. EST. The demise of CHTN is a gift that keeps giving. The Portugal synchros on 630, 666, and 720 have 10 kW as maximum power. This is quite a bit less than what these stations were running 40 years ago. That's why nothing coming out of there, in the present state of things, will compare in strength with the big honkers from Spain such as 684 and 855 (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, UT Nov 7, nrc-am gg via DXLD) ** PUERTO RICO [and non]. In practice one should expect most stations in Puerto Rico are off due to Hurricane Irma. One station (WMEI Arecibo) planned to go dark on September 10th, having sold in the spectrum auction. Irma knocked WMEI's power out on the 5th. They started a generator and attempted to broadcast their last five days. When they ran out of fuel on September 6th, they gave up... A FCC Public Notice indicates five Puerto Rican DTV stations are known to be operating: WKAQ-2 (RF 28, San Juan) WIPR-6 (RF 43, San Juan) WNJX-4 (RF 23, Mayaguez, relays WAPA-TV) WTIN-4 (RF 15, Ponce, relays WAPA-TV) WORO-13 (RF 13, Fajardo) Stations Reported to be Off The Air Due to Recent Hurricanes FL WJTK 96.5 Columbia City FL WWPP-LP 97.7 Homestead FL WKWR 90.1 Key West FL WJRQ-LP 99.9 Poinciana PR WQBS-FM 107.7 Carolina PR WQML 98.7 Culebra PR WRXD 96.5 Fajardo PR WZET 92.1 Hormigueros PR WNOD 94.1 Mayaguez PR WIOB 97.5 Mayaguez PR WZMT 93.3 Ponce PR WIOC 105.1 Ponce PR WEGM 95.1 San German PR WIOA 99.9 San Juan [includes WIOA-FM1 Ceiba] PR WCAD 105.7 San Juan SC WMHE-LP 102.9 Charleston VI WUVI-LP 97.3 John Brewers Bay (Nov WTFDA VHF-UHF Digest via DXLD) ** ROMANIA. Glenn, I was very interested to hear about RRI’s program in Hebrew. I wanted to find it. Where I found it did surprise me a little. As you probably know (but some may not) RRI has three streams on the internet. RRI1 is what I would call the main languages, English, Spanish, German, French, Russian, Arabic and Chinese. RRI3 has a two hour block, consisting of four 30 minute programs in Ukrainian, Serbian, Italian and Arromanian. This block is repeated three times, from 1500 to 2100 UT. As far as I know, there is nothing on RRI3 during other hours. RRI2 is all Romanian. I have recorded a lot of material from RRI2 for Carrie. I expected to find the Hebrew on RRI3. In fact, I found it on RRI2. As far as I know, this is the only program on RRI2 not in Romanian. I missed the beginning of the program, while searching the various streams for the Hebrew. I heard most of the rest of the program, including the ending. They concluded with “until next week.” My knowledge of Hebrew is very, very limited, but, I can pick up some radio terms. My Romanian is somewhere in the intermediate level, I think. Thus, I can’t tell you much about the program content. They do have a Romanian lesson. These lessons are very simple, more simple than those broadcast by RRI in English or Spanish. Perhaps they will become more involved as they believe their listeners are learning the language. This program gave an e-mail address: ebra@rri.ro This address seems to follow the RRI pattern of using the first four letters of the name of a language as the first part of an e-mail address. “hebrew,” in Romanian, is “limba ebraica.” I am almost sure that the people who put this service together could read, and, perhaps would respond to a letter in English. I intend to write to them. I will share with you my letter, and their response. 73, (Tim Hendel, AL, Nov 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5980, Galbeni, Radio Romania International, Oct 30 2347 - Strong S9 + 10 signal, but my DReaM software would not decode beyond bits of audio. Labelled as TX 1 and 20.96 kbps. When Bill Nollman tuned up his Elad FDM-S2, it immediately decoded without any difficulty! OK, I'm getting my Elad back! In English. When rechecked at 2358, the DRM was turned off, but there was a powerful analogue signal. RRI IS, and into Romanian [? Supposed to be Spanish --- gh]. Excellent reception, but all agreed that the DRM was superior with FM quality reception! (Walt Salmaniw, PEI DX-pedition, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5940, RRI, Tsiganeshti. OCT 31 *0531 - DRM broadcast, only brief bits of audio decode, text decode: "Audio+Text SNR Tiganesti E1" -- 73, (Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55, WinRadio G33DDC, RFSpace NetSDR locked to Thunderbolt GPS 10 MHz reference, ALA100LN 4'x26' loop, http://www.swldx.us --- dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6130, Nov 1 at 0154, RRI signing-off English to North America, only S9-S7, but to be followed by another hour in French; not DRM, but see PERU (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The 0400 hour of English from RRI has been doing very well for me, booming in on 6020 and decent on 7410. Signal levels have been better than a year ago, at least at my QTH (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, Nov 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6035-6040-6045, Nov 1 at 0606, DRM noise blending into Cuban jamming from 6030. This semihour only, RRI Galbeni is scheduled in French to France on 6040-DRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6180, RRI, Tsiganeshti. German to WEu, NF (ex 7220) but not DRM mode (contrary to the latest HFCC registration), ID at 0653, good signal. However, the // 7235 appeared to be the DRM outlet. 2/11 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Kenwood R5000, Tecsun PL-680, Horizontal Loop antenna, Double Bazooka antennas for 80, 40 and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), Nov Australian DX News via DXLD) 5980, Nov 2 at 2330, RRI has reverted to AM, after running DRM by mistake for the first four days of B-17 during this English hour, now with classical music. With DRM I was still able to detect the JBA AM carrier from R. Chaski, Perú, amid the noise. Now with BFO, I hear a bit of a warble which could be caused by two carriers on slightly different frequencies, but there is no change between 2334 and 2335 when Chaski should be autocutting off. I am afraid the frequencies are too close together, and the warble may have been due to unstable ionospheric propagation from Galbeni. 5980, Nov 3 at 2257, open AM carrier from RRI, but no IS playing until 2259 cut to DRM noise! So after one day of AM during this hour, Nov 2, it`s back to unlisted DRM, and reaudiblizing the Chaski carrier, see PERU (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi! I`m listening to Radio Romania`s listeners` day program with an excellent program on fake news. With the comments of listeners worldwide. 0100 UT, 7325 kHz with FM quality reception. Tecsun PL-660, whip ant. 73 (Jon Collins, Birmingham, middle of the UK, Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Trying to find an audio link for this broadcast; there are some on website for Nov 5 program, but no play for me (gh, DXLD) 5975-5980-5985, Nov 6 at 2316, DRM noise from RRI allegedly English listed as AM, and now I can`t detect a Chaski carrier amid, so no point trying to catch cutoff after 2330. Could be there but now overcome by stronger DRM. May take auroral conditions to even out the odds (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi All, RRI still seems to be using DRM on 5980 kHz in place of the listed AM. The Dream display shows this as coming from Galbeni TX1, and in 20.96 kbps Mono. The signal is usually very good here at that time. I still don't know if this is a permanent change or if they're just testing; on Sunday 29th of October they were in AM for the first 20 minutes and then switched to DRM during the programme, and DRM seems to have been on whenever I've remembered to check it since then (Alan Gale, Nov 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5980, Nov 7 at 2310, RRI English is in AM today instead of DRM (you never know which it will be, and another day someone reported a switch made during the hour). It`s good S9+10, with carrier wavering a bit vs BFO, but can`t really tell if there be a second carrier from Radio Chaski; without embargo, I listen closely 2330-2336+ and detect no change to a steadier signal, which would have denoted Chaski went off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 4625, Naro-Fominsk The Buzzer, Oct 31 2318 - Can't recall whether I've heard this mysterious sender from south-west of Moscow, but I immediately recognized the repeated buzzer, over a background of CODAR signals. Strong reception. Nothing transmitted, despite it being Halloween! (Walt Salmaniw, PEI DX-pedition, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Adygeyan Radio without Brother HySTAIRical on 6000 Nov 3 1800-1900 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Fri, weak signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/adygeyan-radio-without-brother.html (SWLDXBulgaria News, November 3, dxldyg via DXLD) ** RUSSIA [and non]. HISTORY OF DX AND RADIO. ==================== The data is published as the material is received. ABOUT RADIO-BULLIES IN THE USSR Radio-bullies in the Soviet Union appeared at the turn of the 60's, during the Khrushchev thaw. The peak of prosperity fell on 1965-75. Turning on the radio on the middle waves, in the wave area of 200 meters, you could receive a lot of radio stations that broadcast a variety of music: Vladimir Vysotsky and Arkady Severny, Beatles and Deep Purple, songs of his own composition accompanied by a guitar, bayan or balalaika ... # radiohounds # radio communications # divisions In the fifties of the twentieth century, in connection with the onset of a political thaw and a general increase in the well-being of citizens, the interest in radio dramatically increased. The Soviet industry, which has risen neither peacefully, produced more and more, though not cheap, but more or less accessible devices. After the war, the release of the popular magazine Radio was resumed, and on the air shortwave music began to appear. However, obtaining permission to go on air was accompanied by a lengthy and painful bureaucratic procedure. In addition, the Soviet shortwave was under total ideological pressure and control, it suffices to say that until the end of the fifties it was allowed to conduct radio communications only within the country and with the so-called "people's democracies", that is, the USSR satellites. The remnants of this state persisted until the end of the socialist era in the form of indispensable membership in the DOSAAF, the need to obtain a separate permit for work with foreigners and the ban on broadcasting even their own address and telephone number. As a result, from the middle of the fifties, handicraft unregistered stations began to appear on the air, but they were not called radio bulletins at that time. During March-June 1960 the Presidiums of the Supreme Soviets of all union republics adopted decrees "On responsibility for the illegal manufacture and use of radio transmitting devices." Responsibility was provided for the following: measures of social influence or administrative responsibility in the form of a fine with confiscation of equipment. The very term - radio-bullying appeared in the USSR from July 3, 1963, when, following the instructions of the Plenum of the Supreme Court, the lower courts began to pass sentences for the use of illegally operating transmitters (PDPs) for the same article, according to which ordinary hooliganism with technical means, namely, part two of Article 206 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR and on the relevant articles of the Criminal Code of other Union republics. Criteria for initiating the criminal prosecution of the offender were not just illegal broadcasts, but "deliberate actions expressed in the conduct of radio programs related to the manifestation of obvious disrespect to society, from mischief, grossly violating public order, or interfering with broadcasting and service radio communications." On the air radio amateurs-illegal immigrants came out with the help of a self-made device - "prefix", or "barrel organ" (also cars, cars, marahayki). So in the jargon was called a stationary radio-bully transmitter, manufactured by the artisanal method for illegal broadcasting and radio communication in the upper part of the CB range (above 1500 kHz). To make such a simple transmitter could even be a teenager. Fortunately, then everywhere opened school radio circles. Connected "homemade" to a low-frequency amplifier, usually a tube receiver or a player. Such an apparatus ensured that the station was audible within a radius of several kilometers. The main occupation of "organ-grinders" was "to drive music". Radio- bullies of the 50s turned rock and roll and boogie woogie, as well as other evil influence of the West. Dozens of voices called each other to communicate with peculiar mantras: "All free, here" Moidodyr "who hears, reception." In case if someone answered the call, followed by a report on the reception, the strength of the signal at 120% with the overlap is the highest estimate of the reception strength based on the indicators of the tuner of the home radio receiver. I remember my classes only with warmth. If we do not touch on the ethics problems when working on the air, connected with swearing and tactless landing on the frequencies of distant operators, when the connection between the operators is not yet completed, I believe that this experience for the whole generation was invaluable. Indeed, hundreds and hundreds of young people were engaged in the broadcasts, for which this was the beginning and the basis for choosing a profession. Work on the air was also a means of sharing experiences, and a means of communication, which is extremely important at a young age. The undoubted fact is that then the youth felt deficiency, hunger in listening to music. On a reel tape recorder in which a pulley for speeding 9 cm instead of 19 cm was tweaked to save the film. Everything from the "Hello, We're Looking for Talents" program and songs from the type of "Portrait of the work of Pablo Picasso" to "Deep Purple" "," Zeppelinov "and quite rare" Moody blues "," Warhors ". By the way, in the Soviet times there was another kind of radio bullying. The fact is that apartment radio stations in the USSR did not work around the clock. This was used by wire radio stations. These craftsmen did not make any radio transmitters - they connected the amplifier output to the dead network and drove their favorite music. In addition to the amplifier, it was enough for such music lovers to have a tape recorder and two wires. As a result, the whole house could listen to what the radio bullet broadcast. "Radio-bullies were almost all the boys in our yard," says Leonid Shipelsky, a former Dniprodzerzhinsk citizen and now a resident of the German city of Augsburg. "A simple medium-wave transmitter was transmitted from hand to hand: a high-frequency coil, a vario- capacitor of variable capacity, resistances and capacitors, as well as an electronic lamp-pentode or triode. Details could be extracted from the old radio, exchanged from others or bought everything in the same store "Kulttovary". Microphones were extracted in a particularly exotic way. Someone just sawed off half the handset and used its lower, microphone part. Someone is an elegant plastic and very poor microphone, which was sold with any tape recorder. This was in 1964-65 ggodah, when only transistor receivers "Tourist", "Selga", "Atmosphere" appeared. The peak of radio bullying was in 1960-70. "Free operator", "Switchman", "Black label", "Nightingale", "Mockingbird", "Black cat", "Beard" - which only the callsigns were not invented by home-grown DJs of the time when this word is even in our the lexicon did not exist. Well-behaved citizens stigmatized radio-bullies and demanded to involve them in all the strictness of the law. The punishment for "hooliganism with the use of technical means" varied from a fine to one and a half years imprisonment. Most often confined to punishment "ruble". For the first offense, they fined 10- 50 rubles, more often 50 - the amount for those times is considerable. For the second one - 50-150 rubles. And what is 150 rubles? Not everyone in those years had such a monthly salary. https://vk.com/samaracb (via Rus DX 5 Nov via DXLD) ** SAO TOME. Cape Cod, MA: recent entertainment-grade TA's mostly, 2 NOV 2017 at 2100-2200 UT: 1530, VOA São Tomé: Voice of America ID great at 2200 UT sign-off. Should be a PIECE OF CAKE along US & Canada east coast at this time. https://app.box.com/s/tv29mbjl81wqwjgia7gplbjoyfd77vaf (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, nrc-am gg via DXLD) And sign-on just before 0300 was being reported months ago, but by then you have to contend with WCKY et al. (gh, DXLD) ** SAUDI ARABIA. Cape Cod, MA: recent entertainment-grade TA's mostly 2 NOV 2017 at 2100-2200 UT: 1521, Saudi Arabia: with characteristic 4- descending-note "stingers" between news items. US stations used to do this quite a bit in the '50s. https://app.box.com/s/upe7wg1ofi25b726o730ccl4wye8r7tf (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, nrc-am gg via DXLD) ** SAUDI ARABIA. During September and October, a programme from Saudi Arabia was heard on 594 kHz using online SDR's in the Middle East and UK that did not match any of the three main Saudi radio services of Radio Riyadh (General Programme), Radio Jeddah (Second Programme) or Holy Qur'an Radio. Mauno Ritola advised that a discussion had already taken place on the WRTH Facebook group some time ago with regard to the service now being heard on 594 kHz and it appears that it now carries Radio Neda al-Islam (Radio Call of Islam) from the Mecca transmitter that has replaced existing programming from Pilgrimage Enlightenment Radio (during the Hajj) and Radio Riyadh (at other times). It is thought that Pilgrimage Enlightenment Radio has now closed (Tony Rogers with thanks to Mauno Ritola, Nov BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 15285, BSKSA, Riyadh. Swahili to EAf on 11/10, good signal but shocking transmitter hum at 0607 (John Adams, on a beach a few clicks north on Wangetti Far North Queensland (Sangean ATS-909X, 7 Metre Reel Antenna), Nov Australian DX News via DXLD) 17660, BSKSA, Riyadh. French on 01/11 at *1357-1558* already for many radio seasons with strange sound (faulty transmitter or rather from studio reason) each word/sound is repeated as echo (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi antenna 16 m long, Nov Australian DX News via DXLD) Al-Azm Radio is a new Arabic service from the Saudi Broadcasting Corporation for troops in the southern part of the Kingdom. The radio began broadcasting around 21st September at 0700-1700 on 11745 kHz via Jeddah/Riyadh to Near/Middle East. Occasionally a test tone is heard 0630-0700. Mediocre to fair signal at my location, SINPO = 25422. An additional time slot is scheduled for 1700-2000, also on 11745 kHz, via Jeddah/Riyadh but this never been heard here at that time (Michael Ford, Nov BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) 9714.978, ARS, Saudi R BSKSA Riyadh, HQ morning prayer to NE/ME area, non-directional HQ fountain like antenna, S=9 at 0439 UT in Athens Greece remote SDR. Morning log of Nov 4, taken in southern Germany, as well as in Athens Greece and New Delhi remote SDR units [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9870, B.S.K.S.A. at 2257 with Arabic song, 2259:45 cut music, into man with news headlines separated by quick music bridges, at 2301:30 cut off audio mid-sentence; 2300 s/off listed. - Good, // 9555 poor, Nov 6 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in my car, by the lake. Using a CommRadio CR-1a and Sony AN-1 active whip antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SCOTLAND. Broadcasting across Glasgow on 87.9FM 24 hours a day, 6th – 19th November 2017 Radiophrenia is a temporary art radio station – a two-week exploration into current trends in sound and transmission arts. Broadcasting live from Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts, the station aims to promote radio as an art form, encouraging challenging and radical new approaches to the medium. Day by Day schedule: http://radiophrenia.scot/schedule/ http://radiophrenia.scot/ - thanks to Wireless on Flirt FM @wirelessflirt on Twitter for the tip (Alan Pennington, Nov 6, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Listen Online http://radiophrenia.scot/listen/ NOTE: We have recieved reports of playback issues on some Apple devices – if you are affected please see our further suggestions to get listening ? Click above to use the pop out player in your browser ? Alternatively you can choose from the links provided below and open the stream in your preferred media player: Winamp, iTunes https://streaming03.zfast.co.uk:2199/tunein/radioph1.pls Windows Media Player https://streaming03.zfast.co.uk:2199/tunein/radioph1.asx Real Player https://streaming03.zfast.co.uk:2199/tunein/radioph1.ram QuickTime http://navi.streaming.zfast.co.uk:2199/tunein/radiophr.qtl (via DXLD) ** SOMALILAND [and non]. Also just wanted to comment on my reference to "QRhaM" on Radio Hargeisa. I just reported on the ham beating against Hargeisa's carrier because when the signal faded up, they were giving their location as Columbus, OH. If I had not heard that mentioned, I probably wouldn't have even said anything about interference. Yes, Hargeisa is the intruder, but they are an interesting listen. I remember back in the mid-1980s, I was chatting in CW with a guy in Buffalo, NY, with both of us only using about 3 watts IIRC. We were on or about 7065 kHz, and it was late in the afternoon, when this huge carrier came up, blowing us out of the water. It was Radio Tirana, which started up with the "With Pickaxe and Rifle" I.S. Now that was an intruder... 73, (Steve Zimmerman, Milwaukee, WI, Nov 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7120, SOMALIA, R Hargeisa, Hargeisa. NOV 1 *0334 - s/on at 0334:28 with brief local vocal, announcement by woman followed by monologue by man. HoA music from 0350 past ToH. Mention of Somaliland by woman at 0401. Fair -- 7120, Radio Hargeysa, Hargeysa. NOV 3 *0331 - Open carrier from 0326, s/on announcements by man at 0331 and directly into recitations until 0333, then to talk. Back to back music from 0344. Very good signal -- 73, (Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55, WinRadio G33DDC, RFSpace NetSDR locked to Thunderbolt GPS 10 MHz reference, ALA100LN 4'x26' loop, http://www.swldx.us dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AFRICA. 7230, Channel Africa, Meyerton. Nov 1 0501 - English with "Africa Rise and Shine", female host Siphelele Zondi with freq announcement, news headlines into news. Fair signal -- 73, (Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55, WinRadio G33DDC, RFSpace NetSDR locked to Thunderbolt GPS 10 MHz reference, ALA100LN 4'x26' loop, http://www.swldx.us --- dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9955, Nov 4 at 0524, WRMIBS, in case we are not clear about The Overcomer`s position: ``100% for Trump, since God put him there to bring America down``. Gee, tnx. Would this qualify as treasonous talk? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9980, WWCR Nashville TN (presumed); 2015, 11/5; Bro. HyStairical the OverFondler reiterated, as he frequently does, that he just doesn’t understand why “you people” don’t understand him. (Great example) B.S. said that “Catholics have a master controlling telescope”. (I did not make that up. Somebody should look into that! I’m sure that all Catholics know about this, but probably need to know the secret handshake to get to it.) S20+ // 9955 via WRMI (presumed) S9 with buzz-pulse jammer; //9370 via WWRB (presumed) S30 9505, WHRI Cypress Creek SC (presumed); 2211, 11/6; Bro. HyStairical, the OverFondler said that the “plane” that hit the Pentagon was a “simulation”, and was really a “missile”. (I’m surprised he didn’t say it was sent by the Catholic’s “master control telescope” I heard him talk about yesterday.) BS’s entertainment value has increased in the past few days. SIO=4+53+; //9370 via WWRB (presumed) S30 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I think that`s about the Mount Graham International Observatory, near Tucson AZ, where one of the three major telescopes belongs to the Vatican; http://mgio.arizona.edu/ favorite topic of conspiracy nuts (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** SPAIN. Tonight again 1945-2130 UT European Champions League football matches again on shortwave REE Noblejas of Real Madrid, Sevilla, and other 14 European teams matches. 9690, 11685, 15390- distorted, 15500 kHz [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 1, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SPAIN. Acabo de enviar un e-mail a REE para participarles que la frecuencia de 15390, actualmente para Sudamérica, sale al aire de forma muy distorsionada, resultado dificil poder entender lo que dice. En este momento, 1915 UT, señal fuerte, pero muy mala calidad de audio. En 9690, 15500 y 11685 señal fuerte y clara, especialmente en 9690. 15390 lleva emitiendo distorsionada desde hace ya bastante tiempo. Un saludo (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, España, Nov 4, noticiasdx yg via DXLD) ** SUDAN. 7205, Sudan Radio, Al-Aitahab. NOV 1 *0257 - s/on at *0257:05 with Qur`an Recitation, Arabic talk, music. Poor at s/on but much better at 0400 with Arabic pop, mention of Omdurman at 0401 into likely news with many mentions of Arabiya -- 73, (Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55, WinRadio G33DDC, RFSpace NetSDR locked to Thunderbolt GPS 10 MHz reference, ALA100LN 4'x26' loop, http://www.swldx.us --- dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. 7600 - TAIWAN - Voice of Hope with women speaking in Mandarin at 2031 GMT; M with announcement and musical background apparently transitioning to another program or segment. Sounds like Firedrake missed this one. Usual flutter fade but decent signal for an ECNA afternoon. SINPO - 25332 (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, Eton E1- XM, Alpha-Delta DX Sloper, Nov 1, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** THAILAND. Schöner QSL Brief aus Thailand von Claudio Tagliabue. - Dear Sir, My name is Jantima Niyomchok from Bangkok VOLMET. I have ever received your reception report about VOL-MET broadcast from you. I really appreciate your kindness. Could you please help me to monitor the other frequencies of VOLMET broadcast from your country? Besides of frequency 6676 kHz, we also have other frequencies, such as 11387 kHz which is used for broadcasting from 0000-1100 UTC, and frequency 2965 kHz from 1200-2300 UTC. Bangkok VOLMET broadcast time is minute 10-15, and 40-45 of every hour. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Jantima Niyomchok - tmd@metnet.tmd.go.th (via Christoph Ratzer via A-DX via SW Bulletin Nov 6 via DXLD) ** THAILAND. 13745, Nov 1 at 0002, HSK9 presumed English to N America, but VP S5-S6, and this time 13740 Cuba is no problem, hardly any better at S4-S7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13745, Radio Thailand at 0000 UT Nov 4 with sign on in English with some interference from Radio Havana Cuba on 13740 kHz. Very Good. Also noted without RHC Nov 5th at 0030 in English, Very very good signal. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA 100 loop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. B-17 frequencies of Voice of Tibet [via TAJIKISTAN]: 1200-1208 on 11505 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1208-1230 on 11512 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1230-1233 on 15533 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1233-1240 on 15525 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1240-1300 on 15517 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1300-1321 on 11633 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1321-1330 on 11628 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese Nothing of Tibetan Service after 1300UT on 15/13/11MHz! http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/winter-b-17-frequencies-of-voice-of.html (SWLDXBulgaria News, November 6, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DXLD) ** TUNISIA. Radio Tunis Chaîne Inter on 963 kHz has a new schedule for the autumn/winter priod with foreign language slots now retimed as follows (all other programming is in French): 1303-1330 English, 1330- 1400 Italian, 1903-1930 Spanish, 1930-2000 German. Also available online at http://www.rtci.tn/streamplayer/ (Dave Kenny/RTCI web site 22 October, Nov BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** TURKEY. 7240.004, Voice of Turkey, Emirler, S=9+25dB here in southern Germany at 0408 UT on Nov 4. 0400-0456 UT. News on Nov 8 to Nov 10 summit. Premier minister will visit USA soon, announcement on next week journey. US ambassador to Iraq in Baghdad will meet Kurdistan people leader Massud Barsani today ... Morning log of Nov 4, taken in southern Germany, as well as in Athens Greece and New Delhi remote SDR units [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11815+, Nov 5 at 1432, Turkish song at S9+10/S9 with fast SAH from NHK co-channel, TRT Turkish service atop this time. Main lobe is 310 degrees USward, but could it also be longpath off the back? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE [and non]. TASS: Business & Economy - RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION IN TV AND RADIO BROADCASTING TERMINATED Hello, Glen[n], If you haven't seen this already, you might find this linked article of interest. http://tass.com/economy/974114 73, (John Wesley Smith, KC0hSB, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also: The Russian Foreign Ministry announced the termination of the agreement with Ukraine on cooperation in the field of television and radio broadcasting from October 21. This is reported on the official Internet portal of legal information on Friday. "On October 21, 2017, the Agreement between the Government of Russia and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on cooperation in the field of television and radio broadcasting, signed in Moscow on October 23, 2000, was terminated," the report said. In November 2016, Ukraine terminated agreements with the Russian government on cooperation in the field of television, radio broadcasting and information (RT Russian via Rus-DX 5 Nov via DXLD) ** U A E. 7285.100, One of the four Al Dhabbaya units at 0350 UT, always some 100 Hertz odd frequency, +100 Hertz aligned, BBC London in Arabic at 0351 UT, scheduled 03-04 UT. Morning log of Nov 4, taken in southern Germany, as well as in Athens Greece and New Delhi remote SDR units [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. 5450-USB, Nov 1 at 0615, VOLMET by British YL voice, with QNH in millibars (above 1000), winds in knots, visibilities in km, temps and dewpoints in C. But I have a terrible time trying to make out the locations initiating each segment. She needs to enunciate clearly and slowly, and repeat them. Finally at 0618 I think she says Antwerpen, and then Ascension Island (from which there is ``no information available``). EiBi shows this is RAF 24 hours from UK, but exact site not specified (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello Glenn, I also have great difficulty in understanding much of what is being said via this one. I don't know how these voice machines are set up with the information they broadcast, but whoever is doing it sets the machine to run far too quickly, unlike Shannon 5505 which is much better, and easily understood. The English language is not normally spoken as quickly as the 5450 lady speaks, which makes me think that the lack of clarity is due to the machine and not the 'lady'. 5450 has been reported as broadcasting from St Evel in Cornwall - from a disused airfield. But just recently I have noted how different propagation is between Shannon and 5450. There has been many mornings (0730/0800 UT) when 5450 has been in-booming, as well as 11253, but with nothing from Shannon audible - or a very weak signal at best. The NAT's people have been down on 3 and 4 MHz at the same time, and quite weak. Maybe surprising, maybe not. 73 from (Noel Green, NW England, WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. BDXC VISIT TO WOOFFERTON Some 20 BDXC members gathered at the gates of the Woofferton Transmitting Station at 11 am on Friday 13th October for our much anticipated tour. Once inside the perimeter fence, we were met by BDXC members and former Senior Transmitter Engineers at the site, Dave Porter and Glyn Jones, who were to be our guides for the visit. The Woofferton station, now the UK’s only active shortwave broadcast site, covers some 320 acres of farmland on the Shropshire / Herefordshire border, a few miles south of Ludlow. The building itself, and many of the aerial arrays, are in Herefordshire with the northern and eastern part of site being in Shropshire, a stream across the aerial field marking the county boundary. From the outside, the buildings were certainly not as distinguished as the architecture of sites such as say Rampisham, built in the late 1930s, which some of us had visited. The land was acquired by the BBC in WW2 and opened in 1943. Originally it was known as Overseas Station Extension No 10 (OSE-10), before being renamed Woofferton Transmitting station around 1960. The site briefly closed in 1948 due to BBC financial constraints but the Soviet blockade of Berlin resulted in it being reactivated - from 1948 until the late 1990s it served as a VOA relay station broadcasting mainly to Eastern Europe, although it continued to be operated by the BBC. Its early on-air ID was “The Voice of America Relay Station in the United Kingdom”. Some BBC broadcasts were carried from Woofferton from 1990 (after the Daventry site closed), and in 1999, when the VOA lease agreement ended, the privatised Merlin Communications company took full control of the output from the station. As well as BBC World Service broadcasts, the company then brokered the facility to various other international broadcasters. Right: Marconi transmitter with Thomson modulator valve. Woofferton was initially installed with 6 x 50 kW RCA transmitters in WW2, supplied from the USA under the Lend-Lease scheme. In 1963 the station was reequipped with 6 x 250 kW Marconi BD272 transmitters (while 4 of the original RCAs were retired). Two of the BD272s are still in use. In 1979-1980 the last two remaining RCA transmitters from the 1940s were removed and replaced with 4 x 300 kW Marconi BD6124 senders, all four of which are still in use today. Between 2005 and 2008 four of the early 1960s Marconi BD272 transmitters were replaced by Croatian RIZ 250 kW transmitters installed within fireproof cells. All these are DRM-capable. The current active transmitter line-up Woofferton is: SW 2 x Marconi BD272 250 kW - installed in 1963 (Senders 93, 95) SW 4 x Marconi BD6124 300 kW - installed 1981 (Senders 81, 82, 83, 84) SW 4 x RIZ 250 kW - installed in 2005-2008 (Senders 91, 92, 94, 96) MW 1584 kHz (300W) - BBC Hereford and Worcester: installed in 1985 FM 105.9 MHz (1 kW) - Sunshine Radio: installed in 2013 In 1997 BBC Transmission was privatised, the domestic transmitters went to Crown Castle (now Arqiva) while the external service UK transmitter facilities, including Woofferton, were transferred in a management buyout to Merlin Communications. Merlin was later acquired by VT Communications which itself was acquired by the defence company Babcock in 2010. Nowadays Woofferton carries shortwave broadcasts from BBC World Service along with a wide variety of other stations including VOA, Radio Sawa, IBRA Radio, RFE (Radio Azadi), NHK Radio Japan, KBS World Radio, Radio Taiwan International and HCJB Reach Beyond (Radio Akbar Mufriha). At the time of our visit the station was temporarily covering for transmissions from Dhabayya (UAE) due to an outage there. Additional transmissions had been slotted into the schedule from BBC, DW, IBRA, TWR Africa and Radio Ergo, amongst others. The temporary cover was due to end on the day of our visit. After a Health & Safety briefing in the station’s canteen, we split into two groups, led by Dave and Glyn, to tour the site. A rain shower meant both groups began the visit in the transmitter hall, where some of the transmitter doors (or senders as the BBC like to call them) had been left open for our visit so we could see their innards. Our visit was timed so no transmitters were initially on air (around 1030 UTC). A screen in the transmitter hall (and later seen in the control room) displayed the current transmitter usage as well as previewing the upcoming utilisation. It was great, though surprising, to see two of the 1963 vintage Marconi transmitters (Senders 93 and 95) still in use! As mentioned above, the RIZ transmitters were in separate rooms off the main hall – one was unlocked so we could see it close up. Outside in the aerial field the rain had passed and close to the transmitter building, we saw the impressive trunked feeders over our heads, leading out from the transmitter building to the feeder switching stations (below) then out to the distant aerials, each feeder numbered by transmitter. Looking away from the building, it was difficult to assess how many transmitter masts with arrays hung between them there were. An on the spot estimate was 22 or 23 masts? Each array can cover one, two or four shortwave bands. Although pointing in a fixed direction, each aerial array can be electronically turned a few degrees (or slewed) to target a particular country. And certain arrays can also be reversed to target the opposite direction if necessary. Maintaining or repairing the arrays is a specialist job with high winds or ice building up on the wires a hazard. Underneath, the grass is kept cropped by sheep. Behind the main transmitter building, a small locked outbuilding housed the BBC Hereford and Worcester medium wave transmitter, labelled as such, but with its former “Radio Shropshire” plate visible underneath. Later, from the narrow Park Lane to the east of the site, we would see the aerial wire for 1584 kHz sloping down from the easternmost HF tower. Back inside the Woofferton building, we also visited the “Sunshine Radio Transmitter Room” where a rack of equipment for their 105.9 MHz channel, was deemed not nearly as impressive as the shortwave transmitters we’d seen outside! Prior to lunch in the canteen, we were shown the impressive automated control room used to link programming to transmitters and then feed onwards to the aerial arrays. Most programming nowadays is downloaded from satellite and in an adjacent room we saw the many satellite receivers used, fed from a multitude a satellite dishes on the ground outside. Above: Martin Goulding, 2E1EKX explains the various screens in the Woofferton Control Room [caption] Many thanks to Dave Porter, G4OYX and Glyn Jones, G4AIJ for showing us around, to Martin for explaining the Control Room and to Station Manager Barrie Elding for allowing us on site. Dave Porter and Martin Goulding uploaded a 14-part series of films about the Woofferton site 3-4 years ago on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/wooffertonuk/feed Dave also penned an article in the 2015 WRTH: “Woofferton: 70 Years on the air”. The full schedule of broadcasts from Woofferton can be found on the BDXC web site at http://www.bdxc.org.uk/uksw.pdf - this will be updated for the B17 schedules as soon as possible. A comprehensive history - 50 Years of BBC Woofferton 1943-1993 by Jeff Cant: http://www.bbceng.info/Operations/transmitter_ops/Reminiscences/Woofferton/woof50y-v2.pdf (Nov BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** U K. 7265, Nov 3 at 0626, ``Despacito``, currently a hit but hardly in French, in BBCWS French via Woofferton, and // 6135 about the same; both rudely cut off without announcement at 0629*. Do non-SS people realize what despacito implies? http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/7873132/despacito-lyrics-translation-english-meaning Reminds me of the ``slow hand`` song (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. IS AMATEUR RADIO STILL RELEVANT? BBC World Service --- For over half a century, the BBC has had its own amateur radio group. Now, after several years of planning, the group’s latest home has just opened in BBC Broadcasting House in London, UK. BBC Broadcaster Jim Lee explains why, despite instant messaging like FaceTime and Skype, there is still a place for ham radio. Is amateur radio still relevant?, Click - BBC World Service http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05lmbhy (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U K. 15620, Nov 4 at 1757, song at S9-S7, stronger than 15610 WEWN; rudely chopped off in mid-song at 1759:35*. HFCC shows it is IBB=VOA Somali, 250 kW, 126 degrees from Woofferton at 1600-1800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 4000-USB, Nov 6 at 1335, MARS net on this exact band-edge frequency (so a ham could also be running 4000-LSB); calls heard include AAT6HN, AA6HW, into brief digital burst. MARSians do a lot of that now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. "COMMUNICATIONS INTEROPERABILITY" TRAINING According to the Department of Defense and Radio League announcement, a "communications interoperability" training exercise is planned for Nov. 4-6, simulating what they are calling a "very bad day" scenario. "This exercise will begin with a national massive coronal mass ejection event which will impact the national power grid as well as all forms of traditional communication, including landline telephone, cellphone, satellite, and Internet connectivity," said Army Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) Program Manager Paul English. Details here: Communications Interoperability Training with Amateur Radio Community… (Ignore hoax stories on social media) https://archive.is/JjoMU (ARRL via Mike Terry, Nov 3, dxldyg via DXLD) Viz.: WEEKEND TEST WILL SIMULATE POWER GRID FAILURE WFMJ [Youngstown OH] By Glenn Stevens http://www.wfmj.com/story/36740074/weekend-test-will-simulate-power-grid-failure If you've heard stories about a planned shutdown of the nations power grid this weekend, don't worry, it's not true. What is planned is an emergency communications exercise involving the military and amateur radio operators, or HAMS [sic, all caps]. HAM radio is a hobby that's been around more than a hundred years. Local operators say this weekend is only a test and will begin with a simulated event which will impact the national power grid. "The rumors that are surrounding this are based on what the simulation is. The simulation is that the grid goes down, but there are no plans to really do it," said David Brett, the Emergency Coordinator for the Amateur Radio Emergency Service. Brett says it's an annual test conducted between the amateur community and the military. "It's a test that if the military needed to talk to the HAMS or the HAMS needed to get with the military, that they know it works," said Brett. The HAMS become keys to nationwide communications because generators and battery technology give them backup power. "And we can stay on the air with just battery power for quite some time," according to Brett. The operators would be able to communicate vital information to the military from every state and county. "Such as, what the status is of the power grid, of the sanitation system, of the water system and so on," Brett said. HAM operators have long been a valuable resource in times of emergencies. A prime example is a recent hurricane in Puerto Rico. "We are the first line of communication when the infrastructure goes down," Boardman amateur operator Mark Haverstock said. The Department of Defense says the average citizen will not even know this weekend exercise is taking place (via mIke Terry, ibid.) 13483.5-USB, Nov 5 at 1600, much-publicized Interoperability exercise starts, and the world does not come to an end as Brother Scare would have us believe; never mind, move on to the next foolish prophecy! And your psychophants will keep lapping it up. Amid CODAR pulswishes, first station is AAM3, no location given, reading a script starting with ``Exercise`` thrice, and listing regional frequencies where this will really take place, all of which corresponding to so-called ``60-meter`` discrete ham channels but which unlike regular hambands, are not off-limits to USG military/MARS stations. They are: NE USA 5330.5; SE 5346.5; NW 5357; SW 5371.5; Central 5403.5. Reception reports are requested via http://www.usarmymars.org This takes a little over a minute. Then same message is repeated by ``Desert Eagle``, except he is more formal uttering the term ``figure`` before numbers, and decimal instead of point. About 1603 there is a pause, probably for a third station I cannot hear to triplicate this. 1604, back to AAM3 again, with BTW, blaaps amid his speech. At 1607, another repeat by Desert Eagle, and again at 1611. Cursory search leads to Desert Eagle at US Army MARS HQ, which I think means Fort Huachuca AZ. Someone guessed at last year`s test that AAM3 was in Virginia. Meanwhile, quick chex of the five 5 MHz frequencies finds activity audible here only on the Central one, 5403.5-USB: at 1605 Nov 5, AAR6ES is NCS, taking a report from KW5JP for Parker County TX. They also exchange zip codes: 75473 for AAR6ES, which is Powderly TX amid the Camp Maxey Military Reservation, and where is that? Just north of Paris, almost in OK. KW5JP is in zip 76086, which is Weatherford. Talkovers occur from other over-eager contactors. 5403.5-USB, at 1608 Nov 5, W5WI from Taylor County TX, 79562, reports all is normal including ``sewer water, academia``, etc.! That`s Tuscola, south of Abilene. At 1615, about Johnson County, Ohio, except there isn`t one. Apparently misunderstood for Iowa, = Iowa City, but the zip code mentioned, 19103 goes to Philadelphia PA! While Iowa City is 52240. At 1616, KD0OXA calls in from Saline County Emergency Management, Salina KS 67401, ``all nominal and normal``, etc., etc. KD0OXA likes omega as his fonetik for O. With 3100+ counties or equivalents to check in, I suppose this exercise3 could go on all day/night (Glenn Hauser, OK DX LISTENING DIGEST) I could just pick up bits and pieces of the announcement on 13483.5 kHz USB at 1601 11/5. OM gave freqs to be used in different parts of US and mentioned 5330 kHz for NE USA. I tuned to 5330.5 USB (not LSB normally used under 10 MHz) and heard traffic between two OMs. They talked of lead contaminated water. Very poor reception due to solar conditions. Lead contaminated water strikes home as I live just 2 hours north of Flint MI where the system is actually contaminated. (Don Hosmer W8SWL, W Branch MI USA, 1710 UT Nov 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good signal in NB from AAM3. Weaker, but mostly audible signal from "Desert Eagle." Like Glenn, if there was a third station following "Desert Moon" I also did not hear any trace. For a while, there was a reception report form available on http://www.usarmymars.org for COMEX 17-4. Gone now (-- Richard Langley, Nov 7, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Re: [dxld] Special Event W0JH - "Remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald" --- Copied on 11/5 - report that I sent pasted below - thanks to the group for the heads up! Rich Hello, I copied your station today 11/5/17 at tune in 1726z thru 1850z at my location in Burr Ridge, IL on my Ten Tec RX340 connected to a Wellbrook 330s loop antenna 30' in the air. I am not a ham operator, just [sic] a SWL. Here's my report: 1726z tune in 7263.5 kHz LSB - talk about this being the 13th year for the broadcast and that the club is located in the Twin Cities about a 3 hour drive to the lighthouse. Mention of "special event station in northern MN "remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald". Check-ins from other ops until about 1733z. Signal was clear but it was noisy here with nearby storms. About S5-S7 signal. 1816z tune in 7261 LSB, ID as W0JH "remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald" and talk with an op who just set up their radio in June. Mentions of Split Rock Lighthouse being the location of the special event station. 1818z, 7261, op Greg on air talking about running 100 watts thru a double extended zep. 1822z, 7261, op talks with a man named Gary who had visited Split Rock Lighthouse - and talk that W0JH is 100 yards from the water. Mentions of how to receive a QSL. S7 signal. 1824z, 7261, op saying "W0JH with special event station remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald". Call for stations "CQ CQ this W0JH special event station remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald". And "the 42nd anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald" at 1828z. 1830z, 7261, Op talks with another man named Roger about an ice event of some type. More IDs. 1839z, 7261, Op talks "CQ CQ CQ this is special event station W0JH commemorating the 42nd anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald operating from the north shore of Lake Superior". Op is now Dave who tells someone that he "is the good looking one in the picture" on the webpage. 1842z op speaking with a man from South Dakota. Many IDs at 1843z "calling any station any where". Strong & clear S9 signal. 1848z, 7261, Op now talking with another man named Rudy. More IDs. Thank you in advance if my report deems worthy of a QSL (Rich Ray, Burr Ridge, IL, via dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A. 4103 approx., Nov 1 at 1243 hunting for beacons I find JBA CW here; on verge it keeps fading in and out so during next 10 minutes I cannot copy a certain ID. The last letter in each sequence is W, but I hear a variety of other characters, including P, B, 4 and 8, I think. Maybe it`s a longer message rather than an ID repeating. This time we have a good clue at https://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/High_Frequency_Beacon ``4102.3, W..., s.e. California desert, The WIND BEACON - sends 'W' ident and series of dits - each dit correlating to a turn of its anenometer [sic], so if it is windy in the , [sic] it sends lots of dits; and no wind, no dits. April 6, 2013`` 4103-CW, Nov 2 at 0615, JBA, W in Morse and various unreadable dits; so weak I can`t pinpoint the frequency exactly. As in previous report, it`s the Wind Beacon in the SE California desert, listed as 4102.3, but I think it was closer to 4103. 4102.85 approx., Nov 3 at 0641, the `W` beacon is again JBA, between various blips of other numbers or letters; still audible when I reawaken too soon at 1217, a little stronger than last time so I can get closer to the exact frequency. The Wind Beacon from the southeast California desert (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I haven't heard one of these in at least a couple of years (Harold Frodge, FRW editor, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Re: WWV 25 MHz Signal Swapped to Circular Polarization, Reception Reports Invited According to the WWV website, as of 2150 UTC on 6 September 2017, the 25 MHz signal has been radiated at 2.5 kW using a half-wave vertical dipole. I heard a weak signal here in NB on Sunday, 5 November, at about 1736 UTC while getting a time check for my COMEX 17-4 recording. 20 MHz was slightly stronger while 15 MHz was a powerhouse. On 15 MHz I could also hear a weak WWVH signal. I wonder how well the previously used WWV circularly polarized turnstile antenna on 25 MHz got out? The odd time I checked 25 MHz, I couldn't hear them (-- Richard Langley, NB, Nov 7, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. 15600, Nov 1 just before 1400 a few words of Khmer(?), then 1400 cut to ``Welcome to the Voice of America --- in Kurdish``. HFCC shows this hour is 250 kW, 102 degrees via Woofferton UK. One of few good signals on band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. B17 schedule for Voice of America in English to Africa 0300-0400 909-bot 1530-sao 4930-bot 6080-sao 15580-kwt 0400-0500 909-bot 1530-sao# 4930-bot 4960-sao 6080-sao 15580-kwt 0500-0600 909-bot 4930-bot 6080-sao 15580-bot 0600-0700 909-bot 1530-sao 6080-sao 9550-sao 15580-bot 1400-1500 4930-bot 15580-bot 17885-bot 1500-1600 4930-bot 7455-bot 15580-bot 17895-sao 1600-1630 909-bot 1530-sao 4930-bot 6080-sao 15580-bot 17895-smg 1630-1700 909-bot 1530-sao 4930-bot 6080-sao(SaSu) 15580-bot(SaSu) 17895-smg 1700-1730 6080-sao 13590-kwt 15580-bot 17895-smg 1730-1800 6080-sao 13590-sao 15580-bot 17895-smg 1800-1830 909-bot(SaSu) 4930-bot(SaSu) 13590-udo 15580-bot 1830-1900 909-bot(SaSu) 4930-bot 6080-bot 13590-udo 15580-bot 1900-2000 909-bot 4930-bot 15580-bot 13590-sao 2000-2100 909-bot 1530-sao 4930-bot 4960-sao##(SaSu) 6195-bot 15580- bot 2100-2200 1530-sao 6195-bot 15580-grv B17 schedule for Voice of America Studio 7 to Zimbabwe 1700-1800 Daily 909-bot 4930-bot 13860-sao 15460-sao (Shona / Ndebele / occasional English) 1800-1900 Mon-Fri 909-bot 4930-bot 13860-sao 15460-sao (Shona / Ndebele / English) B17 schedule for VOA South Sudan in Focus in English 1630-1700 Mon-Fri 11850-mey 13865-dha 15180-smg (HFCC via Nov BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1902 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday November 1 at 1315 on WRMI 9955; starts off very good but fades to merely good, no jamming. Next: Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Thu 2230 WRMI 5850 to NW [NEW] Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0729 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 1531 HLR 7265-CUSB to WSW Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2130 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 2300 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0200 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0315v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW [un-DST time shifts start here:] Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 2030 WRMI 11580 to NE, 9455 to WNW WORLD OF RADIO 1902 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday November 1 at 2100 on WBCQ, 7490.016v-AM, good. Also confirmed Wed Nov 1 at 2335 the 2330 on WBCQ 9331.44v-CUSB, fair. (Both will be one UT hour later from next week). Next: Thu 2230 WRMI 5850 to NW [NEW] Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0729 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 1531 HLR 7265-CUSB to WSW Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2130 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 2300 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0200 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0315v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW [un-DST time shifts start here:] Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 2030 WRMI 11580 to NE, 9455 to WNW WORLD OF RADIO 1902 monitoring: confirmed Thursday November 2 at 2230:30 on WRMI, 5850. Carrier was on before 2229; `Okeechobee` song ID at 2230:00. This time, WOR audio follows immediately; recheck circa 2256 still going, good. Here`s another frequency I didn`t know about, as no one at WRMI tells me, and it`s not on their online sked either: ``7780 WRMI Radio Miami Int’l; 2043-2100+, 10/31; Glenn Hauser’s World of Radio #1901 to 2058:58 brief music; 2059:32 Bob Zanotti WRMI ID; 2100:21 Bro. HyStairical the OverFondler. SIO+ 353- (Harold Frodge- MI)`` (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tuesday at 2030 is when WOR was known to be on 11580 and 9455; I never checked 7780 as it had been BS and still shown as such at 2030, breaking away only at 12-15 M-F for Power Hour, and 15-16 Sundays for religion [DST timings]; 7780 always very weak here, especially in daytime as it`s aimed NE into the Atlantic, and what little signal goes this way off the side is mostly absorbed, much less so higher 11580 on same bearing. There should be other DX programs at 2030 on Mon, Fri and Sun: See the skedgrid labeled 11580 only. WOR 1902 also confirmed Thu Nov 2 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9331.35v-CUSB, good. Next: Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0729 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 1531 HLR 7265-CUSB to WSW Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2130 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 2300 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0200 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0315v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW [un-DST time shifts start here:] Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 2030 WRMI 11580 to NE, 9455 to WNW, 7780 to NE WORLD OF RADIO 1902 monitoring: confirmed Fri Nov 3 after 2330 on WBCQ, 9331.40-CUSB, fair S9-S8. Not confirmed Sat Nov 4 at 1550 check the retimed 1531 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB via UTwente --- instead, S Asian music fair signal as expected from CRI Hindi, 100 kW, 174 degrees from Kashgar, East Turkistan yet dominating the frequency in W Europe; really can`t hear any trace of me underneath, but probably fruitlessly on. Next: Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2130 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 2300 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0200 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0315v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW [un-DST time shifts start here:] Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 2030 WRMI 11580 to NE, 9455 to WNW, 7780?? to NE [see next] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glen[n], I can confirm that your programme was on 7265 kHz via HLR on Saturday at 1530 GMT. The HLR signal was battling it out with an unidentified station at that time, but was still listenable; unfortunately the skip went a bit long at around 1545 and WoR faded out completely. That happened the previous week as well. Pity you aren't on one hour earlier, as the signal was fine then, and both Radio Tropical and Media Network came through okay from 1400 to 1530. I've attached a short .mp3 file so you can hear how it sounded for yourself (Alan Gale, UK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF RADIO 1902 monitoring: confirmed Saturday November 4 at 2130 on WBCQ, 9331.495v-CUSB, S9-S6 (from next week, Saturday-only time will be 2230). Also confirmed Sat Nov 4 at 2300 on WRMI 11580, S9+10/20, but introduced by a few notes of the Family Radio IS before switching to WOR! I think this has happened before, auto-programmed into this airing. Not // any of the other frequencies. Repeat three hours later at 0200 UT Sunday Nov 5 on 11580: has faded to JBA so can`t confirm for sure; meanwhile WS is fair on unscheduled 9455. WOR confirmed UT Sun Nov 5 at 0328 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, at 18 minutes into show, so started early circa 0310 (one hour-v later from next week). Manuel Méndez, Spain reports: ``9485, Hamburger Lokalradio, Göhren, Germany, 9485, 1130-1200, 05-11, Glenn Hauser’s program "World of Radio". 35433``. Next: Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 2030 WRMI 11580 to NE, 9455 to WNW, 7780?? to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9485, Hamburger Lokalradio, Goehren, 9485, 1130-1200, 05-11, Glenn Hauser’s program “World of Radio”. 35433 (Manuel Méndez, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) WRN Europe --- Hi Glenn, I don’t know if you aware that World Of Radio is now scheduled Saturday 1700-1730 UT in addition to the 1000-1030 UT playout and I can confirm program 1902 from 1700 today. 73's (John, Faversham Kent UK, Hoad, 1724 UT Nov 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tnx, John, no I was not aware. Must have a close look at all their schedules (gh, to John, via DXLD) All WRN times with webcast linx for each are now on the DXLD radioskd page WORLD OF RADIO 1902 monitoring: not confirmed UT Monday Nov 6 at 0030 on 9331v-CUSB, no signal --- maybe MUF has dropped, as normally strong 7490 is weak, so is 5130+, and no signal on 3265v. The 0030 strip of WOR airings are now disadvantaged suddenly one hour deeper into the night. Confirmed UT Mon Nov 6 starting late after 0303 on Area 51 webcast, but inaudible on 5130 (7490 still poor). Also confirmed after 0430 UT Monday Nov 6 on WRMI webcast, but 9955 too weak. Next: Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 Tue 2030 WRMI 9455 11580; 7780? ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1902 monitoring: confirmed UT Tue Nov 7 after 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG S9+25 but some fading; now scheduled simultaneously on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB, as I strain to hear it. Finally a JBA carrier about 9329.94, and trace of modulation, so apparently on, but way above the current MUF (before WBCQ s/on 9330, at 0022 had some JBA RTTY with flutter). Other WBCQ is on 7489.92 and sufficient. Next: Tue 2030 WRMI 9455 11580; 7780? Hope to have new WOR 1903 ready for next broadcast, Tue 2130 on WRMI 9455, and another try for 9330 at 0030 Wed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) All times for WORLD OF RADIO via WRMI as above enumerated on WOR 1903 (gh) WORLD OF RADIO 1902 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday November 7 at 2030 on 9455, 11580, and yes, 7780, as Harold Frodge logged last week. Whenever I`ve checked on other days, 7780 has stayed with Brother MoleStair, so as not on skedgrid, we need to check every day between 20 and 21 whether 7780 opt out to anything else. WORLD OF RADIO 1903 contents: Anguilla, Argentina, Asia non, Bhutan, Brazil, China, Cuba, East Turkistan, Egypt, Ethiopia,, Germany, Goa, Greece, India, Japan, Kashmir, Korea North, Kuwait, North America, Perú, Philippines, Tibet non, UK, USA, Zanzibar; and the propagation outlook WORLD OF RADIO 1903 monitoring: confirmed first airing less than a semi-hour after completed, Tuesday November 7 at 2130 on WRMI 9455, fair. Almost confirmed UT Wed Nov 8 at 0030 on WBCQ 9330, JBA. This almost-daily transmission suddenly shifted a UT hour later for non-DST season, continues to be almost inaudible here. Is it just falling MUF due to propagation, or some other change at WBCQ? Is it well heard anywhere else? Confirmed Wed Nov 8 at 1039 as I happen to awaken and check the 1030 on WRMI 5850, good but some fading between S9+10 and S9, indicating the falling pre-sunrise MUF is getting closer. Absolutely no signal on // 9455 so can`t reconfirm that still exist (also not propagating: WRMI 9395 & 9955). WOR 1903 also confirmed Wed Nov 8 at 1415 on WRMI 9955, over lite pulse jamming: tnx a lot, Arnie! Now a real UT hour later, there is ACI on both sides: from 9950 an equally strong but sounding louder station, which I figured would be one of the Kazes from Japan/Taiwan, but no, per NDXC/Aoki it`s TWR India, Wed 1400-1430 Sindhi, 1430-1445 Vasavi, 100 kW, 131 degrees from Tashkent, Uzbekistan! NOT listed in HFCC; per that we would have to assume at 1300-1500, something NEW via KCH Moldova eastward. It`s mostly evitable with narrow bandwidth and offtuning to 9957. But after 1430 there is also ACI from a weaker 9960: which is Furusato no Kaze via Palau, at 1430-1500 only. We had a similar problem in B-16. Next: Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Thu 2230 WRMI 5850 to NW Fri 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0729 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 1531 HLR 7265-CUSB to WSW Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 2300 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0200 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 2030 WRMI 11580 to NE, 9455 to WNW, 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) How is WOR on 9330? Like the last couple nights since the time switch to 0030 UT, WOR via WBCQ on 9330v-CUSB, is barely audible/detectable here. How is it elsewhere, anywhere with good signal? (Glenn, 0037 UT Nov 8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Not even a blip here in central Alberta. 73 (Mick Delmage, 0054 UT Nov 8, ibid.) ** U S A. 5130.357, UT Wed Nov 1 at 0149, ham discussion on WBCQ, now S9+10, and should improve as we get wintry, having stayed here all summer in the static (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3264.837, Fri Nov 3 at 2303, open carrier at S5-S6. Must be WBCQ warming up for tonight`s `Allan Weiner Worldwide` an hour later --- but it`s NOT on at 2340 and 2356, nor from 0000 UT Nov 4, just 7490.02v-AM; and 5130.35v-AM, already on at 2357 Nov 3 with Planet IS & ID runup. In his opening, AW says he decided not to bother with `Free Speech is Alive on 32-65`` tonight. Initial rant, soon joined by a caller, is about people`s careers being ruined by accusations of sexual improprieties decades ago, without any due process, i.e. we`re getting communistic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Show started about twenty seconds early this evening. Angela was in the studio with Allan again this evening. Opening rant this evening was about people being tried and convicted in the court of public opinion instead of a court of law. Allan made it clear that he was not defending anyone's behavior, merely stating that they had not been convicted in a court of law by a jury of their peers and found guilty. He stated quite clearly that he did not condone any unlawful act and especially not the abuse of children or women. Phone calls during the first hour from Dave from Indiana, Ramsey and SDL kept the conversation going. Reading of emails began at 0102 and was promptly interrupted by a phone call. Reading of emails started again at 0115. Show was off the air at 0128 (John Carver, Mid-North Indiana, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill's Melting Pot From the Isle of Music episodes for November 12-December 2: 1. For the week of November 12-18, our special guests are from Manguare, one of the leading bands in Cuba’s Nueva Trova movement. We will be spending the hour with them with a lot of music. 2. For the week of November 19-25, we will rebroadcast one of our favorite episodes from 2016, which includes award-winning Jazz piano virtuoso Harold López-Nussa and other good things. 3. For the week of November 26-December 2, we will feature some interpretations of part of Schubert’s Trout Quintet led by Cuban pianist Frank Fernández along with an part of an intriguing album from the 1980s, Leningrado, featuring moments by several of Cuba’s Jazz elite from the time. Four opportunities to listen on shortwave: 1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in most of the Eastern Hemisphere (including parts of East Asia and Oceania) with 100 kW, Sunday 1500-1600 UT on SpaceLine, 9400, from Kostinbrod, Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK) 2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0100-0200 UT on WBCQ, 7490 from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9 PM EST in the US) NOTE THAT UT CHANGED FOR B17 BUT EASTERN US TIME IS STILL THE SAME. 3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UT and Saturday 1200-1300 UT on Channel 292, 6070 from Rohrbach, Germany. Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot episodes for November 12-November 26 Here is fair warning of next 3 episodes of Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot: Episode 36 (November 12): Funky music from Benin Episode 37 (November 19): German versions of hits from other countries Episode 38 (November 26): Bluegrass meets Hard Rock Sundays 2300-2330 UT (6:00-6:30 PM Eastern US) on WBCQ The Planet 7490 from the US to the Americas and parts of Europe. Thanks for all you do for radio! (William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer, Tilford Productions, LLC, Nov 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9955, 100 kW, WRMI, Oct 30 1337 - There's Jeff and his sidekick (Jerry Plummer from WWCR) going on about the bright future of SW and DRM. Sounds like it's from a NASB conference. Next HFCC conference in January in Malaysia. Not sure if this is old information, or not, as they've hosted most recently for the A14 season. Wavescan program it turns out to. Good reception (Walt Salmaniw, PEI DX-pedition, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9955, Nov 1 at 1311, tuning in WRMI a few minutes before WORLD OF RADIO, FG Radio `Travel Gazette` talking about Kenya planning to start direct flights to USA, and then ``I don`t know`` Beatles tune they always play. I know I heard the Kenya item several weeks ago on October 4, so is this an old episode that keeps getting re-played? Checking the WRMI servers, I can`t find any FG Radio file or by any other recognizable name (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7780, Fri Nov 3 at 2000 and 2040 chex, this WRMI is BS // 11825, not // 11580 & 9455, as Harold Frodge had reported WOR Oct 31 after 2030 on 7780, thus implying // those two. Maybe it was an anomaly (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9395, Sat Nov 4 at 1357, WRMI with floating VOA News relay, 1359 ID and back to Oldies. Probably same on 9455, 7780 which were // earlier, on weekends defaulting to Oldies with no Power Hours. 7780 // 9395 // 9455, Sunday Nov 5 at 1325 check, WRMI with Oldies, ``Penny Lane``, during time which had been a secret airing of AWR Wavescan. That has now moved a UT hour later as heard after 1400 on the three. So there will be further confusion about schedule changes concerning the Oldies channels and their opt-outs. WS also heard at unscheduled time of 0200 UT Sunday Nov 5 on 9455. Our DX/SWL/Media Programs will soon need an updated version. 9955 is confirmed as having shifted all programming one UT hour later to pretend to stay at the same Eastern time: Sunday Nov 5 at 1401, the Japo-Mississippian gospel huxtress with her distinctive accent on `Living the Bible`, formerly at 1300 UT. So now the midday BS on 9955 does not start until 1500. Since they are not clearly delineated on the WRMI skedgrid, exactly when 9455 duplicates 9955 and when other frequencies, will also have to be remonitored. The still-silent 15770 on the skedgrid really means 9455, which was already // at 21-22 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9395 // 9455, Nov 6 at 0629, WRMI amid floating VOA news relay during Oldies. Unraveling WRMI time shifts: 9455, Nov 6 at 1337, no longer // 9955 which has Eslovaquia in Spanish. During DST, when at 1230 UT, REI 9955 was duplicated on 9455. Now, instead, the first hour of `The Power [tri-]Hour` weekdays, is on all three WRMIs, 7780, 9395, and 9455. A considerable delay behind 7490 WWCR (and seemingly also 13845, very weak yet). Altho always displayed in ET, the WRMI 9955 sked is now effective as of Nov 5 so may also entail some programming updates: http://www.tinyurl.com/WRMI9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. Wavescan Scheduling: B17 Transmission Period Sunday October 29, 2017 to Saturday March 24, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Day UT Call kHz kW Location Country Beam ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun MN00 WRMI13 7730 100 West USA, Mexico, Oceania Sun 1030 WRMI12 5850 100 N America, N Asia Sun 1030 WRMI5 9455 100 SW USA, Mexico Sun 1130 WRMI14 5950 100 Cuba, Caribbean, C America Sun 1130 WRMI5 9455 100 SW USA, Mexico Sun 1130 WRMI4 9955 100 Latin America Sun 1200 VOH-Af 9680 100 Kafue River Zambia Africa Sun 1200 VOH-Af 13680 100 Kafue River Zambia Africa Sun 1300 WRMI1 7780 100 N America, Europe, ME *** Sun 1300 WRMI6 9395 100 North America *** Sun 1300 WRMI5 9455 100 SW USA, Mexico *** Sun 1530 SLBC 11985 125 Trincomalee Sri Lanka Nepal, Tibet Sun 1600 MGLOB 17730 250 Antananarivo Madagascar Central India Sun 1600 KSDA 15715 100 Agat Guam South India *** Sun 2200 WRMI4 9955 100 Latin America Sun 2300 WRMI6 9395 100 North America Sun 2300 WRMI9 11580 100 East N America, Europe, ME Mon 0130 WRMI4 9955 100 Latin America Mon 0130 KVOH 9975 50 Los Angeles USA-CA Latin America *** Mon 0200 WRMI6 9395 100 North America Mon 0200 WRMI9 11580 100 East N America, Europe, ME Mon 1315 WRMI4 9955 100 Latin America Mon 2030 WRMI5 9455 100 SW USA, Mexico Mon 2030 WRMI9 11580 100 East N America, Europe, ME Mon 2200 WRMI4 9955 100 Latin America Tue MN30 WRMI13 7730 100 West USA, Mexico, Oceania Tue 0130 WRMI9 11580 100 East N America, Europe, ME Tue 0330 WRMI4 9955 100 Latin America Tue 0430 WRMI2 5985 100 Central America Tue 2100 WRMI3 15770 100 East N America, Europe, ME Wed 1000 WRMI12 5850 100 N America, N Asia Wed 1000 WRMI5 9455 100 SW USA, Mexico Wed 1130 WRMI14 5950 100 Cuba, Caribbean, C America Thu 0030 WRMI13 7730 100 West USA, Mexico, Oceania Thu 0130 WRMI9 11580 100 East N America, Europe, ME Thu 2130 WRMI5 9455 100 SW USA, Mexico Thu 2130 WRMI3 15770 100 East N America, Europe, ME Fri 2000 WRMI5 9455 100 SW USA, Mexico Fri 2000 WRMI9 11580 100 East N America, Europe, ME Sat 0030 WRMI13 7730 100 West USA, Mexico, Oceania Sat 0330 WWCR3 4840 100 Latin America *** Sat 1100 WRMI5 9455 100 SW USA, Mexico Sat 1100 WRMI4 9955 100 Latin America Sat 1130 WRMI14 5950 100 Cuba, Caribbean, C America Sat 1455 WRMI6 9395 100 North America (AWR Wavescan script for Nov 5 via DXLD) Very outdated info had been heading these scripts each week, and now less so. Most of the WRMI times match their schedule, and our DX/SWL/Media Programs including secret airings. But the ones I have marked ***: KSDA Sun 1600 on 15715 is new to us, to be added; interesting that it`s the only AWR-owned station and it only gives WS one airing! Strangely enough, the HFCC pages for AWR B-17 do NOT INCLUDE ANYTHING ON KSDA! http://hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B17&broadc=AWR http://hfcc.org/data/schedbyfmo.php?seas=B17&fmor=AWR For some obscure reason, KSDA registrations are filed only under USA- FCC: http://hfcc.org/data/schedbyfmo.php?seas=B17&fmor=FCC which shows of the 68 entries for Agat the above daily broadcast is the ONLY English anymore from KSDA, everything else in Asian languages KVOH 9975 has been off the air for months, and still is! Sun 1300 times have shifted to 1400 as I confirmed Nov 5. WWCR time has shifted to 0430 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9475 & 5830, Oct 31 at 2339, WTWW-1 still missing from both day and night frequencies. What`s wrong? Joins WTWW-3, gone for months from 12105. 5085, however, still worx, since WTWW-2 is Ted`s plaything, no programming from Scriptures for America which owns the facility; UT Wed circa 0150 running ham program. Flanked by the spurs he cannot or will not eliminate circa 5072 and 5098. 5830, Nov 2 at 0609, PPPP is back on from WTWW-1, which had been missing from night as well as day 9475 frequency for several days. 9475 also active at 1605 Nov 2. Dead gospel huxters are really reviving, DGS also on Anguilla; anything to do with Hallowe`en?? 5830, Nov 5 at 0620-0621+, dead air from dead PPP on SFAW via WTWW-1. What a waste? really no more a waste than when it is modulating (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. B17 frequencies of WINB registered in HFCC, including to WEu http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/winter-b-17-frequencies-of-winb-in-hfcc.html 0600-1100 on 9265 INB 050 kW / 062 deg to WeEu English/Spanish Daily 1100-0600 on 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English/Spanish Daily 1700-0700 on 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English/Spanish Mo-Fr 0700-1000 on 7315 INB 050 kW / 062 deg to WeEu English/Spanish Mo-Fr 1000-1200 on 9265 INB 050 kW / 062 deg to WeEu English/Spanish Mo-Fr 1200-1700 on 15670 INB 050 kW / 062 deg to WeEu English/Spanish Mo-Fr 0700-1000 on 9265 INB 050 kW / 062 deg to WeEu English/Spanish Sa/Su 1000-0700 on 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English/Spanish Sa/Su (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 25-26, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ! That would be a major change from 9265 only, for years and years. Have not noticed them yet on 15670 or 7315, nor extended hours on 9265. 7315 is still used for long hours by WHRI. 15670 also for KSDA at 1300-1330 only. WINB`s own schedule at http://winb.com/ has not been updated since July 9! And shows nothing but 9265. The 62 degree beam is simply a reversal of the usual 242, and I believe they have occasionally done that before. It looks like they will still have only the one wobbly 50 kW transmitter, adding the option of European service during specified hours on one of the three frequencies, 7 or 15 MHz band being more suitable at times (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5810, Nov 1 at 0625, open carrier/dead air from WEWN Spanish. B-17 HFCC shows strange frequencies for this: 5810 is absent! Instead, 5970 in Spanish at 00-15. English on 12065 is another imaginary, 12-15 at 335 degrees paired with 9470 at 09-12 --- none of these heard in regular bandscans. Also has two English frequencies which used to be on but now vanished: 11520 at 00-09, 15610 at 15-19- 24. 15610, Nov 1 at 1804, WEWN English is reactivated, S5-S8, having been unheard on this or night frequency 11520 for about a week. Checking again because John Figliozzi, Halfmoon NY, asked the DXLD yg at 1736 UT November 1: ``Is it just me or does WEWN have one of the dirtiest transmitters on the bands? I’m getting distorted audio up to 1300 kHz away from and both sides from nominal. Has anyone complained? Has there been a response?`` They got back on the air, but transmitter still out of order, apparently. The fundamental signal is so weak here that I hear no sign of that. When this transmitter would inboom with sporadic-E help, we could tell it was dirty, but normally not that dirty. See my previous report about contradictory schedules showing 12065 and 9470 at 09-12- 15. Also audible poor-fair Nov 2 at 1434 on 15610 only; and at 1552, much weaker than even more RCC neighbor 15620, Vatican about to conclude relaying Veritas back to Mideast in Filipino from 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yesterday Nov 1st, I checked 15610 kHz THRICE, in MI-US, Alberta_CAN and here in western Europe; I couldn't visible any distortion spurs, only little in western England on Liverpool Atlantic coast could be heard a sideband spur about 60-70 kHz upper apart distance sideband on approx. 15680 kHz v. Today Nov 2nd at 1610 UT is - n o - spurs around 15680 kHz, but noted a much broadband signal of 24 kHz wide, from 15598 to 15622 kHz. And suffers adjacent IBB Somali requested Woofferton 15620 kHz signal! 16-18 UT. 73 wolfie (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12065, Nov 3 at 1400, huge S9+30 signal from WEWN English on new frequency, which had been on B-17 registrations but unheard until today; yesterday before 1500 it was still on 15610. Starting a M&W couple talk show about ``theology of the body``, title per sked, `More 2 Life` and they start discussing DST; but the modulation drops off frequently. Otherwise it`s a clean signal with no spurs detectable. 5810, Nov 3 at 1402, WEWN Spanish is still on night frequency, and modulation is also dropping off here. By 1520 recheck, both have changed to 15610-JBA, and 12050. Appearance of 12065 is presumably at 12-15, and implies another new frequency, 9470 at 09-12, both aimed across North America hoping to reach SE Asia eventually. 12065, Nov 4 circa 1320, WEWN English is again here, strong, but not very strong today. Supposed to last until 1500, but 1452 recheck it`s off, and dead air carrier already on 15610, S9+10 with sporadic-E boost, like WWCR 15825 strengthened to S9+30. 5810 WEWN Spanish is still on. By 1501, 15610 is still dead air. These strong 15 MHz signals do correlate with sporadic E MUF reaching even the 50+ MHz hamband this morning across eastern half of US (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5810, Nov 5 at 1414, WEWN Spanish in song with modulation breakup. As usual, far from perfexion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5970, Nov 7 at 0739, big S9+10 signal in mariachi music, song about pelotas but must have a religious angle: it`s WEWN Spanish, ex-5810. We had been wondering when they would get around to making this change as in their B-17 registrations. It`s splashing out to 5965-5975. Don`t know of anything wrong with 5810, but maybe they found themselves to be too marginalized at the bandedge? 5970 is now registered 00-15 UT, and no 5810. However, Nov 8 at 0245, a JBA carrier on 5970, hard to believe it`s WEWN (listed AWR Punjabi via Austria), and still nothing on 5810. 0658 & 1358 nothing on either. At 1501, neither and still no 12050, so WEWN Spanish has been OFF the air. While English at 1358 remains on new 12065, but S9-S6 with heavy flutter; 1400 ID mentions 12065 for next hour. By 1501, English is on 15610 and very poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WEWN-3 Radio Católica Mundial and WEWN-1 Global Catholic Radio, Nov 3 WEWN-3 Radio Católica Mundial 0000-1500 5810*EWN 250 kW / 160 deg CeAm Spanish, unregistered, weak * instead of 5970 250 kW / 160 deg CeAm Spanish, registered in HFCC WEWN-1 Global Catholic Radio 0000-0900 11520 EWN 250 kW / 085 deg WeAf English, poor/weak 0900-1200 9470 EWN 250 kW / 355 deg SEAs English, no signal 1200-1500 12065 EWN 250 kW / 355 deg SEAs English, fair/good, not 9470 1500-1900 15610 EWN 250 kW / 040 deg N/ME English 1900-2400 15610 EWN 250 kW / 085 deg WeAf English http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/wewn3-radio-catolica-mundial-wewn1.html (SWLDXBulgaria News, November 3, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DXLD) ** U S A. 17775, Nov 1 at 1401, no signal from KVOH, as often the case, so I leave a receiver on here: finally cuts on S9+20 Spanish in progress at *1409. If you have trouble getting the transmitter going, you need to start earlier. At least continues with good modulation and no spurs. 17775, Nov 2 at 1400, no signal from KVOH, and still none as constantly monitored until 1440; meanwhile, Cuba dead air on 17730 and the Saudi frequencies on 16m are in well. Not rechecked until 1550: now it`s on, blasting in with overmodulation distortion during praise music and screaming, and splattering out at least plus/minus 13 kHz. 17775, Nov 6 at 1420, no signal yet from KVOH; by 1503 a JBA carrier as propagation is starting to build up; unknown whether really started by 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi, Glenn. After sticking with the same UT schedule year-round for the past few years, we decided this year to make the hour change when North American Daylight Savings [sic] ended. The majority of our listeners to our Spanish programming on 17775 kHz are in Cuba and Mexico, and both of those countries have Daylight Savings the same as here (although in southern Mexico, the dates of the changes are different). We therefore felt it would be less confusing to our listeners, our broadcasters and our own internal staff if we adjusted the UT schedule so we could still be heard at the same local times. Thus, KVOH is now on 17775 kHz 1500-2000 UT Mon & Wed, and 1500-2200 UT Tue, Thu & Fri. The last two hours on Fridays are in English (Ray Robinson, Voice of Hope World Radio Network, http://www.voiceofhope.com dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGST) 17775, Tue Nov 7 at 2205, VG S9+30/40 KVOH with salsabanza song, the SSOB and virtually the OSOB, until abruptly cut off at 2211* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17775, Nov 8 at 1459, JBA carrier, and also one on 17777 which soon goes off, part of KVOH tune-up process? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9830, Nov 4 at 0525, VG with gospel huxter in English. B-17 HFCC shows WHRI now registered here daily at 0430-0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7490, Nov 6 at 1402, WWCR has split away from `The Power Hour` after first hour which has now shifted to 13-14 M-F. Now on air is `Challenge Ministries`, confused Bob Martin urging us to listen to his webcast ``this evening at 8 pm DST``, of which there is now no such thing, and which zone DST?? Mentions Jaxonville, so could be Illinois, Oregon, Texas, i.a., or even Florida. 5935, Nov 6 at 2326, WWCR is on earlier than A-17 from *2359, not with DGS, but Brother MoleStair! Website sked says span is now 23-13 UT altho HFCC shows available as early as 22. Anyhow, further trouble for R. Yura, Bolivia, which would have to be heard before 2259 if at all. However, it may be gone again, as there have been no further reports of it from S America, but unless someone says so, we can`t tell if it`s still on the air and just not logged, or definitely off the air. Meanwhile, 13845 WWCR is still on with DGS at 0023 Nov 7, in fact very good, obviously getting a sporadic-E boost vs usual JBA day and night reception. And also obviously these are now two different transmitters, while 13845/5935 used to be a day/night pair from one. B-17 WWCR sked shows 5935 is #2 moving from 9350 at 23. 13845 is #3, which moves to 4840 at 0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 3185, Oct 31 at 2338, WWRBS is already on, so no 9370 day frequency over this night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WWRB Global 2 relay Brother Stair TOM on daytime frequency, Nov 2: 0630&1000 9370 WRB 115 kW / 045 deg to ENAm English, instead of 3185 0200-1200 3185 WRB 115 kW / 045 deg to ENAm English WWRB winter B-17 1200-0200 9370 WRB 115 kW / 045 deg to ENAm English WWRB winter B-17 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/wwrb-global-2-relay-brother-stair-on.html (SWLDXBulgaria News, November 2, dxldyg via DXLD) 5050, Tue Nov 7 at 0021, 0127 and 0220 chex, no signal from WWRB. In A-17 it had been on here for an hour or two from around 0000 with awful audio and programming, on UT Sun/Mon/Tue only. Normal B-season switch would be to 3215/3195, but nothing there either at all these chex; while other transmitter, WWRBS remains on 9370 by 0127, but on 3185 by 0220 --- and by then 3215 is on with WWCR #1, starting at 0200 after moving from 6115 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. BELGIUM(non) [sic], Frequency change of BRB Suab Xaa Moo Zoo / Voice of Hope on Nov 2: 1130-1200 NF 11530 TSH 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAs Hmong very weak, ex 11560 Nov 1 In winter B-16 period BRB Suab Xaa Moo Zoo/Voice of Hope was 1130-1200 on 11570 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/frequency-change-of-brb-suab-xaa-moo.html (SWLDXBulgaria News, November 2, dxldyg via DXLD) I was trying to figure out which [non] country to file this under. Can`t find it in WRTH 2017 under Targets: Vietnam, Laos, or even Cambodia. Nor International under Taiwan, certainly not Belgium. EiBi shows the plain Hmong language belongs to Vietnam, while Blue and White color-variations belong to Laos/Thailand. But as yet another ``Voice of Hope``, it could be merely religious = Christian, rather than politically clandestine. O yes, it`s nothing but a USA SW service, the SXMZ Radio Ministry from Thornton CO on page 503. It`s also in the easily overlooked cross reference on page 518 after the Target sexion, not in the Reference sexion! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 640, WMFN Peotone IL; October 30 at 1542 UT; Oh joy of joys! There is another Regional Mexican Station on 640 kHz. They’re booming in here in beautiful & serene Grand Ledge, MI. I just started to hear it, so far there hasn’t been any ID. At the moment there is a YL wailing. She sounds so full of angst I think she must be Alanis Morissette’s Mexican cousin. I just noticed the tune stutters occasionally. Somewhat like records used to skip back in the day. At 1549 OM just IDed in English WMFN. The OM is offering time slots on the station at reasonable rates of course. I just called the phone number the OM gave out on WMFN. The OM, and I mean Old Man literally spoke in a broken English accent, he told me the 640 kHz station is in Peotone IL near Chicago. I told him the signal was good in Grand Ledge, MI. He asked me several time what town am I in. I told him Grand Ledge. He repeated the question again & I gave the same answer. Grand Ledge MI is the town I hear your station in. Finally I said Lansing. Then he said you’re hearing the station in Lansing. I said no, I hear you in Grand Ledge, I am west of Lansing. Wow! That was fun :-) Can you imagine? He didn’t know about Grand Ledge. Perish the thought. BTW, our group can get some good time slots on the Peotone station. WMFN-AM 640 kHz, Peotone, Illinois, “Radio Activa”, Station Format: Ethnic, Hours of Operation Unlimited, Antenna Mode Directional - 2 Patterns, Daytime Power 4400 Watts, Nighttime Power 1600 Watts, Number of Towers 4 (Gary Vance, Grand Ledge MI, MARE Tipsheet 3 Nov via DXLD) WMFN 640 kHz - update === WMFN is still playing music; the first day was mostly American/English songs, later mostly Spanish/Mexican flavor, then Russian dialect, some German, middle-eastern and this evening some Asian/Japanese. Their ID is usually at TOH and BOH or a minute or two later, and occasionally scattered around the quarter hour. They also air a promotional ad "WMFN has a few good hours of air time available" with CL's and phone number scattered through the hour. I wonder how a new station like this expects to find listeners (other than DX'ers)? (Tom Jasinski, Joliet, IL, 20 miles from WMFN, Nov 1, IRCA via DXLD) WMFN English announcements - these are the only two that have been heard so far. Deep male voice? Sound like a regular professional announcer to me (Tom, Nov 2, ibid.) With clips ** U S A. 670, Nov 6 at 2044 UT about 3 hours before sunset, KLTT religion, Denver barely makes it on groundwave as usual, given a quiet spot in western Enid on caradio, but also underneath is sports talk, no doubt WSCR Chicago, né WMAQ, an erstwhile extended groundwave and/or incipient skywave in the winter. Not enough of either prop yet to bring in WGN 720 too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 700, Nov 6 at 2045, KHSE Wylie TX *still* running ``this station is for rent, call John Hammond`` loop (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 900, 2.11 0500, KJSK Columbus NE. A few times every winter I have heard the CBS news fanfare here, but never been able to hear any ID. I suspected that it was this station, and today I was able to confirm it. While RAI kept quiet for a few seconds I could hear a weak "News Talk 900 KJSK Columbus" before CBS news. Their PD agreed and was quite impressed given that they only had 65 watts in the antenna at the time (Odd-Jørgen Sagdahl, Trondheim, remote Kongsfjord, Norway, ARC mv-eko 6 November via DXLD) ** U S A. 1130, Nov 6 at 2038 UT on caradio at quiet spot in western Enid, good signal with C&W music, soon ID as ``Broadcasting from the wheat capital, The Wave, your music station and home of Crusader sports``. It`s KLEY Wellington KS, just across the border, which has been absent from the groundwave dial here for months. I check 1130 frequently, latest either yesterday or ante-ayersterday. See my previous discussion about how originally it was an easy daytime semi-local, but I had not been hearing it and presumed off; but did hear it as I drove thru Wellington on the way to Totality in August; and then not heard again. Checking the pattern, it is supposed to be directional favoring the north, but no signal at all seeping in this way on such?? Or maybe QRP, few watts like supposed to be at night only? Anyhow it`s back as of today, reraising another possible explanation, radiating omnidirexionally despite supposed to be direxional; or could even reversed lobe happen? (Glenn Hauser, Enid a.k.a. Wheat Capital, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1370, KGNO, KS, Dodge City – 9/24 2300 [EDT = 0300 UT 9/25] – Faded up, “AM 1370 KGNO Dodge City,” to Fox News. Haven’t heard this in quite a while (Wayne Heinen, CO, NRC DX News Nov 13, published Nov 5, via DXLD) Nor here yet; must be out of spex or out of air (gh, OK) ** U S A. 1560, Nov 3 at 0635 UT, Vietnamese man talking briefly above the pileup, so that`s KGOW Bellaire TX in its latest format flip (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1700, ALABAMA, WEUP, Huntsville. 1051 October 28, 2017. Stevie Wonder "I Just Called To Say I Love You," ID. Very good but KVNS and WJCC co-channel. This one was heard noon-ish from Waterrock Knob, NC at nearly 6,300 feet back in May, it and WLW on 700 kc/s being the most distant day reception from there (Terry Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1710.022, LOUISIANA (PIRATE), Radio Retén lo que Tienes, Baton Rouge. 1012 October 29, 2017. Near local level with Spanish Christian vocals. No trace of it the previous day, a Saturday, at 1105 check. Wondered if they were busted, but not yet (Terry Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. https://www.radioretenloquetienes.com/ can be had here in IL, but weakly so far and just good enough for me hear what usually is screaming SS preaching. They can be bothered by Chicago pirate W807 which is currently on about 1710.082 and which I don't get well at all, likely being too far for good groundwave and too close for good skip. Since the Baton Rouge pirate has a website, could they have been a part 15 that has upgraded illegally? 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, IL, Nov 3, IRCA via DXLD) ** U S A. 96.3 MHz, FLORIDA, WPCQ-LP, Clearwater. 1335 November 1, 2017. Happened to look at the FCC LPFM list for Florida today and noticed this one is now listed as licensed status, operated by Pinellas County. Just went to the car here at the office next to the Howard Frankland Bridge and indeed it's on. Good signal with long loop (I bailed out after 6 minutes) with Darwin advice, like watch out for motorcycles, look both ways before crossing railroad tracks, stop at stop signs, it's hurricane season etc. and cheesy sound effects. Frequent IDs state it's located at the Pinellas County Traffic Management Center on US-19 at Drew Street. Listed as granted 02/06/2017 though surely I'd have stumbled upon this long ago and suspect it came up far more recently. Radiolocator.com has yet to pick this one up. There used to be CP's for one in Largo and St. Petersburg, but those appear to have dropped off the FCC list. So, we've gone from multiple 1690 kc/s transmitters operated by the county that slowly fell into disrepair, to FM with this nonsense. Florida Low Power Radio Stations: https://sites.google.com/site/floridadxn/florida-low-power-radio-stations (Terry Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN [and non]. KUWAIT and VATICAN, MOI Radio Kuwait and Vatican Radio on 7250v kHz, Nov 5 0800-1000 7249.8*KBD 250 kW / non-dir WeAs Persian MOI Radio Kuwait *0810-0920 7250.0 SMG 250 kW / 050 deg EaEu Romanian Sun Vatican Radio http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/moi-radio-kuwait-and-vatican-radio-on.html (SWLDXBulgaria News, November 4-5 via DXLD) ** VIETNAM. 9635.846, Hanoi-Sontay, 100 kW/145 deg, Voice of Vietnam 1, Oct 30, 1144 - Fair to good reception on their off-channel frequency. Took me a few minutes to figure out who this was, with all of the B17 early confusion! Not a bad catch in PEI! Stronger than Indonesia on measured 9524.936 (Walt Salmaniw, PEI DX-pedition, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM [non] USA. 7315. VOV. Noviembre 5. 0030-0058 UT. Noticias acerca del papel de la Educación y la diversidad étnica, informaciones sobre la gasolina, Foro Asia Pacifico, Cooperación entre la ciudad Ho Chi Ming y Cuba, Publicación de una investigación sobre las relaciones entre Estados Unidos y Vietnam. Noticias sobre el Foro Asia Pacífico, Diario japonés destaca la renovación de Vietnam. A las 0042 Noticias internacionales sobre Putin que destaca la influencia de la Revolución de Octubre de 1917, Posible reunión sobre Trump y Putin en la reunión del APEC; China se compromete a la colaboración regional; Francia y Rusia garantizan la Paz en Siria. A las 0045 “Reportaje sabatino” acerca de una película sobre Hanoi realizada por un ex embajador francés. A las 0051, se emite el programa: “Cita de correspondencia” con lectura de saludos e informes de recepción, además de exponer un artículo sobre las diferencias cromatografías de Vietnam. SINPO: 35343. Desde las 0039 con SINPO: 55454 (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL- 660; ANT: Hilo de 20 metros de largo; QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** YEMEN [non]. 11860, SAUDI ARABIA, R Sana, Jeddah. NOV 3 1750 - ME vocals, audio abruptly cut at 1756:40*. Excellent -- 73, (Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55, WinRadio G33DDC, RFSpace NetSDR locked to Thunderbolt GPS 10 MHz reference, ALA100LN 4'x26' loop, http://www.swldx.us dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11860, 1536 5 NOV - REP. YEMEN RADIO SANAA (YEMEN). SINPO = 15311. Arabic, male announcer. qsb=slow-to-rapid rate, barely discernible modulation on noisy carrier mostly mixing with the noise floor with occasional peaks just above it.. sf71.8, a4, k0, geomag: inactive. 50kw?, Omni?, bearing 36 ?. Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ-1020C active antenna and MFJ-901B tuner used to preselect ~75 feet of rain gutter running north/south. Received in Plymouth, MN, United States, 11234KM(?) from the transmitter at Riyadh(?). Local time: 936. 73s (--Rodney Johnson, http://swldx.tumblr.com/ dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. 11735, ZBC Radio, Dole. Back on air after more than two months absence. Noted on 9/10 at 1910 with a Swahili political speech, then studio anncts and into long music selection at 1920. Very poor signal at Mount Evelyn but can be heard strongly in Europe via the Twente remote. Good to see the return of this station. Things were looking ominous there for a while. Several weeks ago, the station's website was also down, and an email I sent enquiring about the service also bounced. The website is now back online. Something catastrophic must have happened to this broadcaster for a absence like this! (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Kenwood R5000, Tecsun PL-680, Horizontal Loop antenna, Double Bazooka antennas for 80, 40 and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), Nov Australian DX News via DXLD) 11735, ZBC noted back with beautiful African music 1820 UT Oct 31 in Swahili. ZBC ID, 5 plus 1 times pips a half minute early at 1859:30 then news in Swahili. Noted sign off at 2100 with "Spice FM" ID. Excellent. On November 4th there was no English news at 1800 but was noted in English on Nov 5 at 1800. Excellent signal with O-H-R as usual. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA 100 loop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6015, ZBC, Dole. Nov 1 *0300 - s/on at 0300:30, brief greeting my man directly into Quran Recitation until 0306. Fair signal in LSB with splatter from 6020 Cërrik -- 73, (Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55, WinRadio G33DDC, RFSpace NetSDR locked to Thunderbolt GPS 10 MHz reference, ALA100LN 4'x26' loop, http://www.swldx.us --- dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) TANZANIA. 6015. Nov 2, 2017 at 0320-0335, Zanzibar BC, Dole-TZA, in Swahili. Man speechs with people manifestation and sometimes he laughs; 0324 A short local song; 0325 Man announcer talks News, presumably. ZBC, today, has a fair signal and poor modulation, 35432 (better than other days), 35432 (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo- PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103, Longwire, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 11735, Radio Tanzania-Zanzibar; 2030-2101:47*, 11/2; Tune-in to light music with occasional skips like a repeating loop — went on till 2046:45 when W in LL [unknown language] took a phone call; caller mentioned Dar es Salaam; 2049:45 into Arabic vocal. Brief announcement just before ToH & back to Arabic vocal. 2101:01 W announcement, into pop tune & off. SIO=2+53- (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6015, ZBC Radio, 0302-0330, Nov 3. Today noted no problem with the audio or transmitter; usual format (reciting from the Qur'an, etc.); better than usual reception. Jim Young was also listening at the same time and noted reception was "extremely strong" in Southern Calif. (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. JBA trans-Pacific MW carrier search, Nov 3 at 1206-1210 UT: from WSW, i.e. Au/NZ not Japan: 774, 702, 576, 1035; and from west 1098, i.e. Marshall Islands (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1369.68, 1118 November 4, 2017. Who's throwing a massive het here? No audio, but hetting WCOA and WOCA (Florida stations with coincidental geographic-centered inverted call letters on the same frequency). The next day at 1135, some audio squeaking through, almost sounding C&W vocals. Points NNW (Terry Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 4066 approx., while monitoring Radio Free Whatever pirate on 4065-USB [see NORTH AMERICA], at 0120 UT Nov 1, I`m barely hearing a CW ID over and over as ZN --- or is it NZ? Pauses between are so similar I can`t decide which one comes second. Might have been out of RFW transmitter itself. Music from RFW just about blots it out, but much more audible while Dick Weed is talking, and definite copy at 0130. RFW is off by 0159, but so is the beacon. It ought to be in this listing: https://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/High_Frequency_Beacon where there are several others around this frequency, but it`s not. Any ideas? I frequently check this area for beacons but nothing heard for months. Searching my archive on NZ would be overproductive, but ZN? I was getting ZN last February on a nearby frequency: ``UNIDENTIFIED. 4070.34, Feb 7 at 0257, JBA CW beacon sending ZN over and over slowly. Previously logged Feb 4 a 0448 as on 4070.36; maybe my estimates are varying rather than the transmission. So where is it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 4070.396, Feb 9 at 0656, beacon ZN is in again, sending ID about 15x per minute, and peaking CW at S8`` Never found out where it is (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) That is one of the so called Zebra Beacons. More of the unlicensed beacons some hobbyists like to run. For obvious reasons they don't like to share the QTH :) See: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,35123.0.html There is a more up to date beacon list here: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,9478.0.html Windy sends the ID of W in CW, then some dits representing the wind speed. Then every so often it sends a longer CW message with the temperature and battery voltage. [see USA log] The most reliably heard beacons at my QTH are A on 2097, and Windy on 4102.3 +/- and sometimes the Zebra beacons, all in the morning. There is usually a short window around sunrise when they appear, except for A which is stronger and heard for a longer period of time. There is also a dasher around 7998 that used to come in well here, I have not heard it for some time, but I suspect the window of reception has shifted and I just haven't found the new time period yet. With the exception of A which some claim runs 20 watts, the rest of these beacons are believed to be well under 1 watt, most probably in the 100 mW or less range. Some of these run very low power, and are rarely heard (Chris Smolinski, MD, Nov 3, WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 5130.0-USB, Nov 1 at 0611, I notice a bit of 2-way talk, intonation maybe French, nothing further. Watch out, WBCQ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 5845, Nov 1 at 0626, very poor talk, YL in English? vs huge sideband of 5850 WRMIBS so LSB tuning helps a little. Latest HFCC dated today shows nothing on 5845 at this hour, just 1500-1600 BBC Urdu via Armenia; and 1630-1700 BBC Bengali via Singapore. So anyhow, BBC from somewhere looks like a good bet for this. Nor anything in expired A-17 info (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6958.0-AM, Nov 6 at 2317 and 2328, JBA carrier with flutter; maybe a faraway pirate? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) We've noted this as well. It's been on nearly constantly, so probably not a pirate. Speaking of pirates, I did have carriers from RCW Chile on 6925.11 and Radio Piranha on 6929.91. No audio, unfortunately. There was an FSK transmission on 6973 blocking Lupo, but then that disappeared or faded out, and I had audio from Lupo starting around 0215. South American pirates are being heard with enough frequency now to justify a board for their loggings on the HFUnderground: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/board,39.0.html (Chris Smolinski, Black Cat Systems, http://www.blackcatsystems.com DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Attached is a link to a clip of the mystery signal on 9995.4. I don't believe its the Russian time station on 9996 as I don't see any 'pips' associated with it. Whatever it is, its strongest at local gray line, and with the SAL-30 pointed to the Northwest. It almost looks like an RTTY station with a strange bandwidth. Any ideas? https://youtu.be/hfSOT4B2FZc (-Tim, Luther, IA, Rahto, Nov 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Cf his previous inquiry about 4995.4 Tim, I still think this is the Russian time signal station. They do have digital content. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, BC, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. 13558, Nov 2 at 1437, JBA traces of CW, nothing else on the HIFER band. LWCA roster lists five just above or below 13558, including one I have heard before, MTI Stone Mountain, GA, but it`s way out of frequency order, 13557.375 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 13565.46-LSB, Nov 6 at 1343, 2-way in Spanish as I am hunting for HIFER beacons such as K6FRC around here, none heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1903: Note from John Zavacki: Your service is invaluable. I will continue to contribute whenever funding permits. Thank you very, very much! (via paypal to woradio at yahoo.com) TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY: Note from William Eareckson: quote Thank you for your excellent production and dedication to the shortwave listening community over the years. 73 Bill~KD0NPT (with contribution via PayPal) One may also contribute by PMO or check in US$ on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ WORLD OF RADIO SCHEDULE complete and totally updated: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html including new affiliate WCSQ-LP 105.9 Cobleskill NY, UT Tue 0400 DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS UPDATED for B-17, post-DST: http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html ALAN ROE`S HITLIST UPDATED November 4: http://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm Hi Glenn, NOTE: Increasingly, information about programmes (mostly) and schedules (occasionally) will be found on radio station Facebook pages. I have therefore added with this update links to such pages. 1) Major update to add links to station and programme facebook pages. 2) ~Aggregator - WRN: Added link to new WRN/Babcock pages 3) Belarus - R Belarus: Updated links 4) UK - BBC WS: Updated link to 6 monthly programme schedules (although as of 4 November, these still show A-17 schedules) Best wishes and 73, (Alan Roe, Nov 4) Note: this does not imply endorsement of Facebook by gh (gh) Aoki/NDXC B17 http://www.df8ry.de/htmlen/csvub/news.htm "...........2017/11/02: Trouble with AOKI ncb17.txt In his second update this morning AOKI uses a comma separated CSV format instead of the usual format with fixed column widths. Please spare bug reports at the moment, I hope AOKI will correct the mistake in his next update. If not, an adaptation of CSVUserlistBrowser will be necessary. The xlsx import via the ODBC driver is not affected! PS: The current beta 4.13 of CSVUserlistBrowser contains a workaround......" Expected address according to the usual pattern: http://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/pc/nd/nxb17.zip Real current address: http://www1.m2.mediacat.ne.jp/binews/ut/ncb17.zip The "ncb17.xlsx"-import works fine via the ODBC driver, even on an old XP SP3 system. 7179 entries between 40 - 21800 kHz. http://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/ According to the (current) NEW pattern: PERSEUS - List: http://www1.m2.mediacat.ne.jp/binews/ut/userlist1.txt I think, these addresses will not change again for B17 (roger, germany, Nov 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Without all this rigamarole, all I want is a direct link to bookmark to the current updated almost daily text file of the Aoki frequency list, which in A-17 was, and is at: http://ndxc.16mb.com/bi/nxa17.txt I don`t need a Perseus version and I don`t want to have to unzip it every time. But the next one can never get merely by changing a to b (gh, DXLD) 2017/11/05: EIBI schedules now also available Since today 1557 UTC the B17 EIBI lists are out. (from df8ry site as above, via DXLD) i.e.: http://eibispace.de/dx/freq-b17.txt (gh) AOKI has released B17 in other formats / not compressed: CSV file for FDM-SW1, FDM-SW2, HDSDR, etc http://ndxc.16mb.com/bi/aokilist_fdmsw2.csv Excel Text File (Printable format) http://ndxc.16mb.com/bi/ncb17.txt Excel Workbook (.xlsx) With further worksheets for: SOH, WRMI, RMI, T8WH, RFA, HFCC http://ndxc.16mb.com/bi/ncb17.xlsx (roger, dxldyg via DXLD) The previous pattern changed from "nx" to "nc". Thus, the valid link for the current list in this form is: http://ndxc.16mb.com/bi/ncb17.txt At first glance everything looks nice. But, how should a useful search be done with such a list? This kind of list with empty spaces for structuring dates back to the Stone Age of IT technology. Much better is a separation of the columns with certain characters (saving tons of blanks), which one should strictly maintain, so that there is no "rigamarole". I highly recommend anyone to use the csvUserlistBrowser in the future. This is much better than using a browser or Notepad for viewing structured data. And: With a little "technical skill", receivers like the FRG-100 can be controlled from this application (roger, germany, ibid.) WINTER B-17 SHORTWAVE SCHEDULES NOW ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR BLOG: B-17 shortwave schedules of African Stations http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/african-stations.html B-17 shortwave schedules of Ethiopian and Eritrean stations http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/ethiopian-and-eritrean-radio-stations.html B-17 schedule schedules of South Africa http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/south-african-station.html B-17 shortwave schedule of Radio Cairo http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/radio-cairo.html B-17 shortwave schedule of Telediffusion d'Algerie http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/telediffusion-dalgerie.html B-17 shortwave schedule of Alyx & Yeyi clandestine stations http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/alyx-yeyi-clandestine-stations.html B-17 shortwave schedule of clandestines broadcasts http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/clandestine-broadcasts.html B-17 shortwave schedule of BaBcoCk relays http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/babcock-relays.html B-17 shortwave schedule of BBC http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/bbc.html B-17 shortwave schedule of Moosbrunn relays http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/moosbrunn-relays.html B-17 shortwave schedule of Media Broadcast http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/media-broadcast-relays.html B-17 shortwave schedule of Deutsche Welle http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/deutsche-welle.html B-17 shortwave schedule of European low-powered stations http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/european-low-powered-stations.html B-17 shortwave schedule of Radio Exterior de España http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/radio-exterior-de-espana.html B-17 shortwave schedule of Radio France International http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/radio-france-international.html B-17 shortwave schedule of Radio Romania International and IRRS http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2017/10/radio-romania-international-irrs.html B-17 shortwave schedule of SPL Secretbrod relays http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/spl-secretbrod-relays.html B-17 shortwave schedule of Voice of Greece http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/voice-of-greece.html B-17 shortwave schedule of Voice of Turkey http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/voice-of-turkey.html B-17 shortwave schedule of Vatican Radio http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/vatican-radio.html B-17 shortwave schedule of Adventist World Radio AWR KSDA http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/adventist-world-radio-awr-ksda.html B-17 shortwave schedules of Trans World Radio India/Asia/Africa http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/trans-world-radio-indiaasiaafrica.html B-17 shortwave schedule of BSKSA Saudi Arabia http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/bsksa-saudi-arabia.html B-17 shortwave schedules of Radio Bahrain/Radio Kuwait/Radio Sultanate of Oman http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/radio-bahrainradio-kuwaitradio.html B-17 shortwave schedule of PARS TODAY VIRI IRIB http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2017/10/pars-today-viri-irib.html B-17 shortwave schedules of Afganistan and CIS http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/afganistan-and-cis.html B-17 shortwave schedules of Bangladesh Betar and Radio Pakistan http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/bangladesh-betar-and-radio-pakistan.html B-17 shortwave schedule of All India Radio http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/all-india-radio.html B-17 shortwave schedules from Myanmar and Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/myanmar-and-sri-lanka-broadcasting.html B-17 shortwave schedules of FEBC Manila/Radio Pilipinas/Radio Veritas Asia http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/febc-manilaradio-pilipinasradio-veritas.html B-17 shortwave schedule of Voice of Mongolia http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/voice-of-mongolia.html B-17 shortwave schedule of China National Radio and People Broadcasting Station http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/china-national-radio-cnr-and-people.html B-17 shortwave schedule of China Radio International http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/china-radio-international.html B-17 shortwave schedule of Radio Taiwan International http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/radio-taiwan-international.html B-17 shortwave schedule of Radio Japan NHK World http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/radio-japan-nhk-world.html B-17 shortwave schedule of KBS World Radio http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/kbs-world-radio.html B-17 shortwave schedule of Voice of Korea http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/voice-of-korea.html B-17 shortwave schedule of HSK9 Radio Thailand World Service http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/hsk9-radio-thailand-world-service.html B-17 shortwave schedule of Voice of Indonesia http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/voice-of-indonesia.html B-17 shortwave schedule of Voice of Vietnam http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/voice-of-vietnam.html B-17 shortwave schedule of Radio New Zealand International http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/radio-new-zealand-international.html B-17 shortwave schedules of Reach Beyond Australia and HCJB Voice of The Andes http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/reach-beyond-australia-and-hcjb-voice.html B-17 shortwave schedule of Active Brazilian Stations http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/active-brazilian-stations.html B-17 shortwave schedule of RAE Argentina to the world via WRMI http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/rae-argentina-to-world-via-wrmi.html B-17 shortwave schedules of Radio Habana Cuba/Radio Rebelde/Radio Progreso/HM01 Will be updated soon, after Professor Coro published the new version of B17 RHC http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/radio-habana-cubaradio-rebelderadio.html B-17 shortwave schedule of Radio Free Asia http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/radio-free-asia.html B-17 shortwave schedules of R.Liberty/R.Farda/R.Free Afghanistan/R.Mashaal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/radio-libertyradio-fardaradio-free.html B-17 shortwave schedules of Voice of America/Radio Ashna/Radio Marti/Deewa Radio http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/voice-of-americaradio-ashnaradio.html B-17 shortwave schedule of Brother HySTAIRical The Overcomer Ministry http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/brother-hystairical-overcomer-ministry.html B-17 shortwave schedule of US private religious stations http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/us-private-religious-stations.html B-17 shortwave schedule of WRMI graphic version http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/wrmi-graphic-schedule.html http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/11/dx-re-mix-news-1038.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #1038 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Nov. 1, 2017 via DXLD) DX-PEDITIONS ++++++++++++ SW LOGS FROM PEI DXPEDITION OCT 28 - NOV 4, 2017 Well, the Murray Harbour North DXpedition is officially in the record books, and potentially the best run, and most enjoyable yet. Conditions were quite good on SW, although the emphasis was on MW DX. We had up to 3 Beverage antennas, up to 2000' in length, and a single FLAG antenna, unamplified. This last antenna, of very modest dimensions, provided the best SW coverage, by far. Here are my results from that week, using 2 Perseus receivers, 2 laptops, and recordings totaling almost 600 GB. 73 to all! (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Nov 7, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Logs are integrated above in this issue (gh) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ MALAYSIA GSCC-Conference A-18 season changed 27 Oct 2017. A18 Global Coordination Conference The 14th Global Shortwave Coordination Conference will be held in K-L Kuala Lumpur Malaysia from 22nd to 26th January 2018 (BC-DX 03 Nov via DXLD) LANGUAGE LESSONS ++++++++++++++++ 91.7, Nov 4 at 1400 UT, KOSU with `Freakonomics`, all about the worldwide multiplicity of ~7000 languages. Recommended: ``Why Don’t We All Speak the Same Language? (Earth 2.0 Series) November 2, 2017 @ 6:00pm by Freakonomics http://freakonomics.com/podcast/dont-speak-language-earth-2-0-series/ Download Episode Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Listen now: (Photo: Paul Stevenson/Flickr) Season 7, Episode 9 This week on Freakonomics Radio: there are 7,000 languages spoken on Earth. What are the costs — and benefits — of our modern-day Tower of Babel? Plus: the search for a common language goes back millennia, but so much still gets lost in translation. Stephen J. Dubner asks, "Will technology finally solve that?" To find out more, check out the podcasts from which this hour was drawn: "Why Don’t We All Speak the Same Language? (Earth 2.0 Series)" and "What Would Be the Best Universal Language? (Earth 2.0 Series)." You can subscribe to the Freakonomics Radio podcast at Apple Podcasts or elsewhere, or get the RSS feed`` Following episode next week will be more about Esperanto (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Later: heard too: also recommended! THE MAN WHO 'DISCOVERED' 780 INDIAN LANGUAGES Soutik Biswas India correspondent 27 October 2017 From the section India Image copyright Anushree Fadnavis/Indus Images Image caption : Ganesh Devy undertook 300 journeys in 18 months to explore India's languages When Ganesh Devy, a former professor of English, embarked on a search for India's languages, he expected to walk into a graveyard, littered with dead and dying mother tongues. Instead, he says, he walked into a "dense forest of voices", a noisy Tower of Babel in one of the world's most populous nations. He discovered that some 16 languages spoken in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh have 200 words for snow alone - some of them ornately descriptive like "flakes falling on water", or "falling when the moon is up". . . http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-41718082 (via Gerald T Pollard, NC, DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See PUERTO RICO [and non] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See also ETHIOPIA; KUWAIT; PERU; ROMANIA; ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ UK; USA WRMI TITUS II SDR Auf der Seite wird der "Titus II" software defined radio beworben mit "September 2017 update: Titus SDR announces a ready for production" PantronX, Inc Panama Design Center Bldg 18th Floor Samuel Lewis Avenue and 56th Street Obarrio Panama City, Panamá, Central America. (via Herbert Meixner-AUT, A-DX ng Oct 31 via BC-DX 03 Nov via DXLD) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ WINDTURBINE NOISE Just checking how if I ever could hear KBRW (680) [Barrow, Alaska] again in the evening (Nov 5), I found it audible right now. Hadn't expected that in Nov. Now a new windpark with 6 x 2.2 MW turbines has started 1 km away, right at the side of my NA antenna lobe. Another 3x 2.2 MW is 3 km away in the lobe center. All generate a 4 kHz comb maxed around 2 MHz which even stretches into lower MW during daylight. I can hear the 4 kHz comb from all turbines, even older ones, in all directions now. Until now the older park sitting at 90 antenna diection was not a real problem. The tower is 80 / 100m high, that acts as a perfect halfwave radiator, thus the max around the 160m band and can be heard further away. Poor design !! There's no more spot on our peninsula without it. Another wide noise bump is in the lower MW, along with weak hash on the remaining MW band, Weak NA signals in the late morning will be impossible. So I am a bit glad that evening signals are strong enough to get over it, along with Alaska (Jurgen Bartels, Suellwarden, N. Germany via RealDX via SW Bulletin Nov 6 via DXLD) Seems to be exactly the same problem Stefan Wikander has. In his case it is Siemens windturbines that is poorly de-signed. The same problem was first noted by an Amateur Radio Club in New Zealand and the noise was heard over a vast area totally spoiling DX /TN (Thomas Nilsson, SW Bulletin Nov 6 via DXLD) WHO GETS THESE TRANSLATORS? There's another window open from December 1-21 for new FM translators. Who are these supposed to go to? (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, Nov 1, WTFDA gg via DXLD) Well how about doing what the rest of the world does --- hospital radio! Why not, we have a stupid fire department in Collinsville, CT with a station (Bill Nollman, ibid.) The CP for Enfield on 94.3 has been cancelled, so the Shaker Pines fire department doesn't get to play radio. 107.5 in Collinsville sounds like it's run by a fire department (Mike B, Enfield, CT, ibid.) The Dec. 1-21 window isn't for new applications. It's for the applicants from the August window who were "singletons" to file their full engineering packets, which can include minor changes from the short-form apps filed earlier. Once those have been processed, there WILL be a window in early 2018 for any AM that still hasn't gotten a translator to apply for one. s (Scott Fybush, NY, ibid.) These are applications already on file, from the July 26 - August 2 window for Class C and D AM stations. What happened in July, was that "Tech Box proposals" were filed. Just enough information for the FCC to determine whether the applicant was eligible, and whether they were mutually-exclusive with any other applicant. Today's Public Notice lists those applicants who were *not* mutually- exclusive with anyone else. They must now file the rest of their applications. Assuming everything is OK there, they will get their permits (there are 844 applications in the attachment in today's Public Notice. You can assume more than 800 of them will receive permits. You can assume more than 700 of them will eventually be built). The ones that were mutually-exclusive with another applicant go to auction. When the auction is complete, the winners will be named in a similar Public Notice and expected to file the rest of *their* applications. The Commission does expect to hold another filing window, probably early next year, for Class A and B AM stations to file for translators. == (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, ibid.) “THE FACE OF RADIO HAS CHANGED” New SBE President Jim Leifer emphasizes integration of technology November 1, 2017 By Randy J. Stine Jim Leifer once chose a radio tech position over a job in TV because he thought radio was “sexier.” That career move is an example of Leifer’s passion for radio engineering and technology. In fact, the newly elected president of the Society of Broadcast Engineers spent nearly 30 years working in radio before joining American Tower Corp. in early 2017. Jim Leifer Leifer, 54, succeeds SBE President Jerry Massey and begins his term as president at SBE’s national meeting in Denver this month. Joining Leifer on the SBE board are Robert “RJ” Russell as vice president of the society, Wayne Pecena as secretary and Jim Bernier as treasurer... http://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/0002/the-face-of-radio-has-changed/340688 (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) DECODING SHORTWAVE RADIOGRAM Re: Shortwave Radiogram, 4-5 November 2017 Am 03.11.2017 um 19:32 schrieb Shortwave Radiogram: Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 20, 4-5 November 2017, all in MFSK32: 1:34 Program preview 2:44 Radio pollution creates space shield for satellites* 12:52 World falls short of climate targets* 18:05 Wildlife refuge along old East/West Germany border* 24:42 Caution urged with high duty cycle modes on satellites* 27:28 Closing announcements This time everything went well via Konstinbroad [sic], on the 9400 kHz. Concretely, I only had a bit of trouble with a MFSK-32 image, where synchronization failed for a short time. As a result, it was slightly shifted and had wrong colors. With "RGB magic" I could solve this problem: http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/SW_Radiogram_2017-11-04.htm#RGB-fix And many thanks for the beautiful closing song, a ballad by a local East German group from 1987 (roger. germany, dxldyg via DXLD) "where synchronization failed for a short time. As a result, it was slightly shifted and had wrong colors." Sometimes, when that happens with a recorded broadcast, I have found that simply replaying the segment results in a good image. If not, Roger's fix looks useful (Richard Langley, NB, ibid.) "I have found that simply replaying the segment results in a good image." Such was the case this past Sunday for the second airing of Shortwave Radiogram at 2330 UT on 11580 kHz. The second broadcast, here in NB, was much weaker than the first due to deteriorating propagation conditions. The first two times I played back the image of the DW story on climate change, it resulted in an image and colour shift (see first attachment). But the third time, without adjusting anything in the sound file softwave or Fldigi, resulted in a good but slightly noisy image (see second attachment). http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/SW_Radiogram_2017-11-04.htm#fix_radio_no_koe (-- Richard Langley, ibid.) SANGEAN PR-D7/PR-D14 AM/FM PORTABLES https://radiojayallen.com/sangean-pr-d7pr-d14-amfm-portables/ Sent from my iPad (Dennis Gibson, Nov 2, IRCA via DXLD) QST: ICOM IC-R8600 COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVER PDF available at: http://www.icomamerica.com/en/products/amateur/receivers/r8600/Icom-R8600-QST-product-Review.pdf From QST, November 2017, page 47: A high-performance broadband receiver, with SDR versatility. Reviewed by Martin Ewing, AA6E aa6e@arrl.net Amateurs of a certain age will remember operating with separate receivers and transmitters. At one time, this was the only option. Since the 1970s, however, we generally purchase integrated transceivers. These combine the receiver and transmitter in a single box, simplifying station setup and saving cost. Why would you consider a standalone communications receiver today? Advanced amateur-friendly models, such as the IC-R8600, cover a very wide frequency range and support a variety of signal modulations and operating modes. They allow you to scan wide swaths of spectrum, looking for interesting signals and diagnosing interference. In one compact box, you get a very good receiver for ham communications, a fine scanning monitor and shortwave listening (SWL) radio, and an excellent piece of test equipment. A receiver in this category will probably not be your first radio, but it can round out the capabilities of any ham shack. I used the earlier IC-R8500 for many years. Produced between 1996 and 2004, that radio covered 100 kHz to 2 GHz.1 When it departed my shack, it left quite a gap - and seller's remorse! Now, after 13 years, Icom's R8000 series resumes with the IC-R8600. The latest advances in software-defined radio (SDR) have brought many high-end features into the R8600's price range. This radio compares favorably with Icom's IC-R9500, now 11 years on the market and aimed at professional users at a higher price point.2 In addition to the classic communications receiver and spectrum analyzer that monitors specific channels or bands, the R8600 is also a "scanner" radio, where the emphasis is on rapid scanning across wide bandwidths, searching for signals of interest that may have unknown frequencies. Technical Overview The IC-R8600 receiver covers the RF spectrum from 10 kHz to 3000 MHz, with the usual US cell phone exclusions. Figure 1 shows a simplified block diagram. Frequencies between 10 kHz and 30 MHz are direct sampled for SDR processing. Above 30 MHz, the radio converts the signal frequency two or three times in a double or triple superheterodyne scheme. To reduce spurious responses, some 11 RF band- pass filters (BPFs) are provided for HF bands, and 13 filters for the VHF/UHF bands. The analog/digital converter (A/D) samples at 122.88 MHz. A field programmable gate array (FPGA) converts the time samples to the frequency domain, for display on the spectrum scope (aka panadapter / waterfall display) or for further digital signal processing (DSP) and digital/analog conversion to produce a demodulated audio signal. As shown, there are three available antenna inputs. A type-N connector supports the radio's full frequency range. When you are operating below 30 MHz, you can instead select a UHF or a phono connector. The N and UHF connectors support a 50 Q coax connection, while the phono jack is nominally 500 O, intended for long-wire (probably non- resonant) antennas. You can direct audio output to a builtin or external speaker, a headphone jack, a constant-level "line" output, or as digital audio to your computer or other device over USB or ethemet. You can view digital mode decoded text output on screen, or you can direct output to an external device COM port over USB. You may also store up to 32 GB of video screenshots, audio, or decoded data on an SD memory card. The R8600 will internally decode FSK (RTTY) signals, along with a number of data modes. For ham use, the radio's main data mode of interest is probably D-STAR. Other modes (P25, NXDN, dPMR, and DCR) are generally used by other radio services. Unfortunately, there is no support for the digital voice modes DMR or C4FM (Yaesu System Fusion) or other common data modes, such as PSK31. The radio offers a number of extra signal output options. An analog 10.7 MHz IF output with 10 MHz fixed bandwidth, allows you to connect alternative back-end equipment. There is a dedicated USB jack for output of complex PQ IF data, and a 12 kHz digital IF output can be taken from a !4-inch phone jack or either a front or rear USB connection. User Interface A key feature of any modem radio gear is the user interface. With SDR techniques, you can control and monitor operation through a full complement of buttons, knobs, touchscreens, or even from remote computers. The R8600 controls closely resemble other recent Icom products, such as the IC-7300, so many users will find the scope, memory, and scan system very familiar. The R8600 sports an attractive 4.3-inch color touchscreen display that can be configured to show operating conditions. There is also a spectrum scope/ waterfall that will show up to 5 MHz of spectrum typically centered on the current operating frequency. You can narrow the spectrum display range down to 5 kHz, giving a useful frequency resolution of about 10 Hz, which is the minimum VFO step size. (VFO resolution is actually 1 Hz, but 10 Hz is the step accessible from the normal controls. You can get 1 Hz settings via the touchscreen "zoom" function.) If you want to preserve a screen display, there is a convenient screenshot option to store .png or .bmp files with 480 x 272 resolution on an SD card. Alas, there is no support for an external video display. There is, however, an output to drive an external signal strength meter. Three multifunction (turn/push) controls are assigned to scanning control (Dial A), audio/RF gain and squelch (Dial B), and memory selection (Dial C). Other functions are selected either by screen touches or by physical buttons. The main tuning knob has a good feel with three rather different settings - low friction, high friction, and (my favorite) a step detent action. The signal-strength meter displays as a bar graph that is notable because it supports four different scales. One is the classic "S-meter," which displays S-l to S-9 and up to S-9 + 60 dB. This is meant to observe the normal convention that S-9 is 50 pV, with a change of 1 S-unit corresponding to 6 dB, although the R8600 did not conform to this convention (see the "Lab Notes" sidebar). You can alternatively select a dBm scale that shows 0 dBm for a 1 mW input level. Unlike the S-meter, the dBm reading does not vary as you switch in the preamp or attenuators. It is meant to represent the actual power level at the input connector. You can also view absolute voltage (dBp) in either 50 O terminated or open-circuit modes. Other Features The 10 MHz internal frequency reference is specified to be better than +-0.5 ppm. A back panel connector will supply this reference to external equipment. Optionally, this connector can accept a reference from an external 10 MHz source. Note that a 1 ppm offset at 3 GHz is 3 kHz, so a high-quality external reference may be needed if you want full accuracy and stability at the highest frequencies. The R8600's internal clock can be synchronized to an external internet NTP (Network Time Protocol) server through an ethemet connection. The same ethemet connection should support remote control operation, which Icom says is coming in a future software product. If you set up the receiver's antenna port and preamp, attenuator, and IP+ settings at a particular frequency, how far can you tune away from that frequency before the settings might change? This is not discussed in the Instruction Manual (but should have been), so I experimented and found that the radio divides up the spectrum into "bands." If you change any of those settings anywhere within a particular band, they seem to apply all throughout the band. I found band edges at 1.6, 2, 6, 8, 11, 15, 20, 22, 26, 30, and 1100 MHz. (The low band goes down to 10 kHz, and the high band goes up to 3 GHz.) Presumably, the radio is switching its filters and signal paths at these frequencies also. You may run into unexpected changes in settings as you tune across a band boundary, but the panel display always shows the active values. Operating Modes The R8600 provides full support of the classical modulation modes along with some digital modes. Indirectly, you can supply your own DSP hardware or demodulation software (for example, Fldigi) to use the 10.7 MHz IF output, the 12 kHz IF output, or the SSB audio output. AM operation is supported in four modes. There is AM and synchronous AM (SAM). SAM is provided for upper, lower, and double sideband operation. You can select an IF bandwidth from 200 Hz to 10 kHz. SAM is especially useful when selective fading of the AM carrier would cause audio distortion. The single sideband SAM options allow you to avoid interference that may appear on top of an AM signal in one sideband or the other. CW operation is supported by IF bandpass adjustable from 50 Hz to 3.6 kHz, with sidetone frequencies (pitch at band-pass center) between 300 and 900 Hz. SSB (LSB or USB) is supported with IF bandpass from 50 Hz to 3.6 kHz. FM IF bandpass is fixed at 50 kHz, 15 kHz, or 7 kHz. You get a deviation indicator and an optional automatic frequency control (AFC) that can help you get on frequency (see Figure 2). WFM (wide FM) is typically used for FM broadcasting. Its bandwidth is fixed at 200 kHz (see Figure 3). With FSK, you get a tuning indicator and also a useful optional decode display that shows four to nine lines of decoded text alongside an audio spectrum scope that helps you tune in a RTTY station (see Figure 4). Default band-pass settings range from 2.4 kHz down to 250 Hz. Manually, you can set 50 Hz to 2.7 kHz. The decoder supports either 45 or 50 baud RTTY, with a range of standard mark/space tones and shifts. You can record decoded text as a text or HTML file on the SD device, or you can pass the data to your computer over USB. There are default filter settings (FIL1, FIL2, FIL3) from wider to narrower, as appropriate for each mode. When you adjust filter settings manually, your new setting temporarily replaces one of the defaults. The IF band-pass filter in these modes can be set to sharp or soft. Sharp filtering is best for eliminating nearby interference, while soft is preferred as a more traditional sound by some users. The digital modes decode a number of signaling schemes, but only D- STAR is widespread among amateurs. It was simple enough to monitor a local D-STAR repeater, receiving both voice and text messages. In addition to IF filtering, you can set different audio tone controls for each mode. That's a lot of customization! Signal Processing For most signal modes, you have the usual receiver controls, resembling other Icom radios. There is an "IP+" mode that greatly increases IMD performance in certain situations - multiple signals in a low noise environment, such as in our Lab tests (see the "Lab Notes" sidebar). Controls for notch filtering, noise blanking, and noise reduction will be familiar. Icom's digital twin passband tuning (TPBT) allows you to shift and narrow the passband as desired. Memory and Scanning The R8600 provides many memory channels that record frequency, mode, antenna setting, and other data associated with a particular receiving setup (a station, in other words). You can set up 100 groups that can each contain 100 channels, up to the overall limit of 2,000 channels. The R8600 scanning operation is similar to many other radios. You can scan predefined memory channels or defined frequency ranges. You can search for activity over a frequency range and store the active frequencies in memory channels. It is interesting to note that the search function listens to one channel at a time, so it can take a long time to cover a wide band, stepping at a rate of 50 channels per second or less. If we made full use of the SDK's FFT capability, we should be able to search hundreds of channels in parallel, cutting search time dramatically. Maybe in the future! Cloning Software You can manage the R8600 for routine tasks from the front panel. However, that gets tedious for such a complex radio with its 2,000 memory channels. To configure the radio and especially to "clone" the settings from one radio to another, you need computer assistance. Icom provides the CS-R8600 Cloning Software ($79.95) just for this purpose (see Figure 5). Any computer running Windows Vista or above with USB or SD card capability should support the software. I checked for alternative free cloning programs, but could find none that support the R8600 at this time. Updates There are several upgradable software components in the R8600. The manual gives clear update instructions that allowed us to update the main CPU using an external computer and SD card. (It would have been handier if the R8600 could update itself over its etilemet connection, but this is not supported.) For this review, we used the following firmware versions: Main CPU 1.10; Front CPU 1.00; DSP Program 1.02; FPGA 1.00, and DV DSP 1.00. If you have the CS-R8600 software, you will need to update it to the same level. Note that you should check Icom's Japan site (www.icom.co.jp/world/ support/) for manuals and firmware updates. Icom's American website http://www.icomamerica.com may not have the latest files. The R8600 is ruggedly built, allowing Icom to claim MIL-STD-810 compliance.3 Dissipating up to 25 W, the radio can run warm to the touch, but requires no special ventilation. Wrap-Up As an ultra-versatile receiver, the Icom IC-R8600 may not be optimized for any particular service. For convenience and price, a fully integrated SDR transceiver will still be most amateurs' choice for operating. If you want to use it on the higher UHF and microwave bands, you will need a more sensitive preamplifier. Some of the more interesting features (ethemet, I/Q outputs) do not have support from Icom software as this is written. You will have to wait for remote control, for example, or start coding your own software. Still, the R8600 is a remarkable radio that serves many applications beyond ham radio. In an amateur's shack, the R8600 will provide access to a big swath of spectrum that includes all the ham frequencies from dc through the 13-centimeter band. It can be used as a high-quality ham band receiver, but it is much more than that. You can check out all the radio services up to 3 GHz. It is also excellent test equipment that will let you check spurious emissions and locate interference sources. The receiver has a significant learning curve if you want to master all its features, but its similarity to other Icom products will help many users get in the swing pretty quickly. Manufacturer: Icom America, 12421 Willows Rd. N.E., Kirkland, WA 98034; tel. 800-872-4266; www.icomamerica.com Bottom Line Covering 10 kHz through 3 GHz and demodulating many popular analog and digital modes, the IC-R8600 can be used as a highquality ham band receiver, or for listening to many other radio services. Its dynamic performance rivals toptier amateur transceivers. Lab Notes: leom IC-R8600 Communications Receiver Bob Allison, WB1GCM, ARRL Assistant Laboratory Manager The IC-R8600 receiver is small in size, but a giant in performance. It uses direct sampling below 30 MHz, dual conversion from 30 to 1100 MHz, and triple conversion from 1.1 to 3 GHz. Overall, sensitivity is very good to excellent above 15 kHz, all the way to 3 GHz. Sensitivity drops off to more than 1 pV below 15 kHz. The lowest of the three dynamic ranges, as typically measured in our laboratory, is 99 dB (third-order IMD dynamic range at 14 MHz with 2 kHz spacing), rivaling some of the top-tier amateur band transceivers on the market. This high dynamic range is possible only when the IP+ function is on, which turns on an internally generated dither signal. With it off, expect this measurement to be around 60 dB. On the FM side, adjacent-channel rejection is very good with a receive bandwidth of 15 kHz. Switching to Filter 3 in this mode narrows the bandwidth to 7 kHz and provides an extra 4 dB of rejection. Second-order IMD dynamic range is very good to excellent. Direct sampling receivers can be deficient in this department, with strong signals adding up to create false signals on another frequency. For example, a strong 6 MHz signal and a 15 MHz signal at the antenna jack can create a false signal at 21 MHz - not so with the R8600, unless you live close to an active shortwave broadcast facility. With the antenna disconnected, I hunted for birdies until my finger fell off, and found only a few in the HF and VHF spectrum; one birdie, understandably, was found at 10.7 MHz. I will leave it up to the user to hunt for the few other birdies hiding among the GHz. No IF bleed-through or images were detected for input levels up to +10 dBm. Below 30 MHz, there are occasions when ADC overload occurs. For example, a signal above -13 dBm, or two signals at -19 dBm, resulted with an overload indication during testing. If the user experiences such signals (-13 dBm is 60 dB over S-9), the attenuator can be used to clear the overload. The noise reduction feature reduced the background noise in relation to the desired signal by 5 dB. Though this may seem deficient by measurement, the user will find the level of noise reduction, by ear, to be good - more than indicated by our lab measurement. Tuning dial accuracy was good, considering the wide tuning range of the R8600. It was off by less than 1 kHz at 3 GHz. With the use of an outboard GPS-locked 10 MHz reference signal, the tuning dial should be spot on. Signal strength meters give an indication of the level of signal reaching the antenna jack at the tuned frequency. We are all familiar with the S-meter; its desired accuracy requires a -73 dBm (50 pV) signal for an S-9 indication, with 6 dB per S-unit below that level. The S-meter should not read higher with the preamp on. With the R8600, the S-meter does not meet this standard. The S-9 level varies from band to band. The meter is calibrated to about 4 dB per S-unit, and it reads higher when the preamp is switched on. For those who get tied in a knot about such things, don't worry. Signal strengths can also be measured in dBm and microvolts. Lab measurements found both scales to read close to the output of our Lab's signal generators. Best yet, the signal strength readings with the preamp on and off were the same or nearly the same. I like that. Finally, the squelch threshold control of the R8600 has a wide range - nearly 95 dB! Icom certainly understands the need for a usable squelch range. Notes 1 B. Moore, NC1L, "Icom IC-R8500 Communications Receiver," Product Review, QST, Apr. 1997, pp. 61 -64. 2 D. Newkirk, AB2WH, "Icom IC-R9500 Communications Receiver," Product Review, QST, Jan. 2008, pp. 69-73. 3 See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIL-STD-810. The ARRL Lab does many tests, but we do not check shock and vibration resistance. (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) TOWER INSTALLATION Here is a useful calculation tool for you... https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/haat-calculator That is the HAAT tool for broadcasters. Doug Smith W9WI told me dxers can also use it to get an idea what their terrain is like, using the radial feature. I've used it many times. Suggestion - select the 72 radials (5 degrees). Be sure to add your tower height to your exact elevation for where the tower would sit. The tool calculates using 3 to 16 km (2 to 10 miles) for each radial, averaging the height in the degree heading that your antenna would be looking at. You will be easily able to see directions where your antenna will be looking into *the ground* and other areas where ii is easily clearing the horizon. (Jim Thomas, Springfield, Missouri, Nov 7, wtfda gg via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ GEOMAGNETIC INDICES --- GEOMAGNETIC SUMMARY OCTOBER 2017 Via Phil Bytheway – Tabulated from email status daily (K = 0000 UTC). Flux A K Space Weather 1 76 11 3 no storms 2 86 7 0 no storms 3 86 8 1 no storms 4 87 5 2 no storms 5 85 7 3 no storms 6 84 9 2 no storms 7 80 5 1 no storms 8 77 4 1 no storms 9 72 3 1 no storms 10 71 4 3 no storms 11 70 30 4 minor, G1 12 70 29 4 minor, G1 13 70 42 5 moderate, G2 14 69 31 3 minor, G1 15 70 26 1 minor, G1 16 71 9 2 no storms 17 70 6 1 no storms 18 73 5 2 no storms 19 73 12 3 no storms 20 76 8 2 minor, R1 21 77 10 3 no storms 22 77 6 2 no storms 23 78 6 1 no storms 24 78 18 4 minor, G1 25 79 21 4 minor, G1 26 77 20 1 no storms 27 76 5 2 no storms 28 75 6 1 no storms 29 75 4 0 no storms 30 76 3 1 no storms 31 75 3 0 no storms Sx – Solar Radiation Storm Level / Gx – Geomagnetic Storm Level / Rx – Radio Blackouts Level (NRC DX News Nov 13, published Nov 5, via DXLD) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2017 Nov 06 0429 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html [I clicked on the NOAA website at the beginning of the email, but received a 404 error, saying they've revamped their website so perhaps an updated link is in order? 73, Walt Salmaniw, BC, dxldyg via DXLD] # # Weekly Highlights and Forecasts # Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 30 Oct-5 Nov 2017 Solar activity was at very low levels. There were no observable flares reported and no Earth-directed coronal mass ejections observed during the period. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels on 30 Oct - 01 Nov, moderate levels on 02 Nov, and normal levels on 03-05 Nov. The largest flux of the period was 3,668 pfu observed at 30/1610 UTC. Geomagnetic field activity ranged from quiet to active levels. The period began under nominal solar wind conditions with wind speeds ranging between 260 to 320 km/s and total field measurements between 1 and 4 nT. The geomagnetic field was at quiet levels on 30 Oct - 01 Nov. At approximately 02/0100 UTC, wind speeds began to increase and total field became enhanced due to the arrival of a weak, negative polarity, coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). Wind speed continued to increase to a period high of 458 km/s at 04/1701 UTC, total field achieved a max of 14 nT at 02/1115 UTC and the Bz component of the interplanetary magnetic field dropped to a low of -7 nT at 02/1944 UTC as a result of this feature. The geomagnetic field responded with quiet to active conditions on 02-03 Nov. The remainder of the period was indicative of waning CH HSS influence with decreasing wind speeds and less enhanced total field. Quiet conditions were observed on 04-05 Nov. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 6 NOVEMBER-2 DECEMBER 2017 Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels throughout the outlook period (06 Nov - 02 Dec) due to an absence of returning sunspots and a spotless solar disk. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is likely to be at high levels on 08-15, 17-18, 21-28 Nov with very high levels on 11-14 Nov due to recurrent CH HSS influence. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at unsettled to active levels on 06-12, 15-17, 20-22, 29-30 Nov, with G1 (Minor) storm levels likely on 07-11, 20-22 Nov due to recurrent CH HSS effects. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2017 Nov 06 0429 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html # # 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table # Issued 2017-11-06 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2017 Nov 06 71 10 3 2017 Nov 07 70 27 5 2017 Nov 08 70 30 5 2017 Nov 09 70 30 5 2017 Nov 10 70 28 5 2017 Nov 11 70 25 5 2017 Nov 12 70 10 3 2017 Nov 13 70 5 2 2017 Nov 14 71 5 2 2017 Nov 15 72 10 3 2017 Nov 16 73 10 3 2017 Nov 17 75 10 3 2017 Nov 18 75 5 2 2017 Nov 19 75 5 2 2017 Nov 20 75 20 5 2017 Nov 21 75 20 5 2017 Nov 22 75 20 5 2017 Nov 23 75 5 2 2017 Nov 24 75 5 2 2017 Nov 25 75 5 2 2017 Nov 26 75 5 2 2017 Nov 27 75 5 2 2017 Nov 28 75 5 2 2017 Nov 29 75 10 3 2017 Nov 30 75 10 3 2017 Dec 01 72 5 2 2017 Dec 02 71 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1903, DXLD) GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF NOV 9, 2017 Keith, From Space Weather Services Australia, the global HF propagation forecast thru November 11, fair at low and middle latitudes, fair to poor at high latitude bands. From Spaceweather South Africa, thru November 11, magnetic conditions active to minor storm; shortwave fadeouts unlikely, MUF unstable. From Met Office UK thru November 12: Solar activity very low. Geomagnetic Activity: a 20-50% chance of further G1 minor storms. From Spaceweather Canada, after a DRX peak of 220 nanoteslas November 9 and 10 in the auroral zone, a lesser one is coming November 21 and 22, reaching 150. From F K Janda in Prague, the Geomagnetic field will be: quiet to active on November 11, 14, 22 quiet on November 12 - 13, 23 - 27 quiet to unsettled on November 15, 20 mostly quiet on November 16 - 19 active to disturbed on November (21) From the Space Environment Predixion Center, China, planetary A index dropping from 47 November 8, to 6 by November 12, up to 19 on the 21st, back to single digits from the 23rd, and up to 29 on December 4. Solar flux rising from a low of 67 on November 9 to a peak of 79 on November 23. From SWPC in Boulder, Colorado, solar flux creeping up from 70 November 13, to 75 from November 17 to 30. Minor G1 geomagnetic storm levels lingering thru November 11 with A and K indices of 25 and 5, and again November 20-22, up to 20 and 5. Lowest A`s and K`s of 5 and 2 on November 13, 14, 18, 19, 23 to 28, Dec 1 and 2 (via DXLD) ###